April 2, 2012

The Nature of the Conservative Divide

The various turns of the Republican presidential primary have made it clear that there is a division in the GOP unlike anything since 1996.  There is, however, no consensus over what defines the sides of this split. The media, largely left-of-ce...

February 2, 2012

Head Start: Can a Failed Program Ever Be Killed?

It is finally dawning on liberals that Head Start, America's 50-year experiment with early childhood education, is a failure. Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal agency housing Head Start, announced that for the...

December 27, 2011

The Cognitive Primary

Savvy politicians have long understood that our emotions, especially our feelings about fairness and justice, drive our decisions, including our choice of leaders. Morality is the trump suit in the game of political rhetoric, as Democrats know well. ...