High School Reading Becoming Simpler: Surprised?

High School Reading Becoming Simpler: Surprised?

By Samuel Klee We’ve all heard it—life is far easier now than “back in the day” when our grandparents were young. I admit, those words may contain some degree of truth; at school, research no longer requires laborious pilgrimages to musty library crypts, and I shall...
DeMint Writes Letter to Putin on Exceptionalism

DeMint Writes Letter to Putin on Exceptionalism

By Amy Payne | This past week in The New York Times—on September 11, no less—Russian President Vladimir Putin took issue with the idea of American exceptionalism. He wrote: It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the...
Is the Job Outlook and Employment Improving?

Is the Job Outlook and Employment Improving?

By Neil Irwin | If you only looked at the headlines on Friday’s August jobs numbers, you’d think “Not bad!” You would also be completely wrong. Yes, the unemployment rate fell a notch to 7.3 percent, from 7.4 percent in July. Yes, the nation added 169,000 jobs,...