Week in Review: The NAACP’s Inept Vendetta against Charter Schools

The Trump era has seen many formerly august institutions abase themselves. In the latest example, after holding a series of town halls on urban education, the NAACP found troublesome evidence of separate and unequal systems of education. But this time they have resolved to try to keep black kids out of the better...

August 06 2017

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The NAACP's Inept Vendetta against Charter Schools Max C. Eden The Trump era has seen many formerly august institutions abase themselves. In the latest example, after holding a series of town halls on urban education, the NAACP found troublesome evidence of separate and unequal systems of education. But this time they have resolved to try to keep black kids out of the better... READ MORE If Millennials Won't Stand Up for Themselves, Who Will? Elliot Kaufman, Kiran Sridhar In 2001, David Brooks penned an Atlantic cover story titled "The Organization Kid." He observed that, unlike previous generations, those in college between the end of the Cold War and 9/11 "felt... The Last Great American Western Turns 25 Michael Auslin It was once hard to imagine that the Western would ever go out of fashion. As epitomized by the novels of Zane Grey, the movies of John Wayne, and television shows such as The Lone Ranger and... ADVERTISEMENT H. R. McMaster Is Not the Enemy Ian Tuttle H. R. McMaster, lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and now the Trump administration's (second) national-security adviser, has spent most of his career defending the U.S. against Islamists. Now,... To Defend Public Schools, the Hard Left Puts On the Tinfoil Hat David French This morning, a New York Times op-ed contributor went full Rousas Rushdoony. Never go full Rushdoony. One of the more amusing aspects of life as a conservative Christian is reading liberals... Mueller's Grand Jury: What It Means Andrew C. McCarthy The most significant conclusion we can draw from news that a grand jury has been impaneled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is that the so-called Russia investigation, officially, is a criminal... Time to End DACA Steven Camarota One of President Trump's signature campaign promises was to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a controversial program created by the Obama administration in 2012 that granted... ADVERTISEMENT God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades Rodney Stark 'God's Battalions launches a frontal assault on the comfortable myths that scholars have popularized about the crusades. The results are startling. His greatest achievement is to make us see the crusaders on their own terms.' - Philip Jenkins, author of The Lost History of Christianity LEARN MORE Photos of the Week Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.