Opinion
Opinion
The Do-It-Yourself Potentate: 10 Easy Things You Can Do to Save America

(Editor’s note: This is the 10th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

September 3, 2024
Opinion
‘What did you learn in school today?’

(The Daily Signal) – It is an undeniable reality that children are the custodians of our future, destined to shape the world we leave behind. Children indisputably hold the responsibility… Read More

August 30, 2024
Opinion
Not a good sign when you first learn of local murder by reading the Irish Times

At 7:37 a.m. on Thursday morning the Irish Times arrived in my email feed with the unsettling server line, “Irish chef shot dead after altercation outside his restaurant in Kansas.” This was… Read More

August 30, 2024
Opinion
They’re trying to sell you government-packaged ‘joy’. Don’t buy it; that’s not where it comes from

Buying into the Democratic National Convention theme of “hope and joy” has to be like trying to chew a meringue topping: it’s sweet and all, but once you bite down,… Read More

August 29, 2024
Opinion
YouRule!: Here’s an amazing story that will curl your toes and get you ‘properly astonished’ about America

(Editor’s note: This is the 9th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

August 29, 2024
Opinion
States should fight critical race theory in schools. Here’s how.

(The Daily Signal) – Critical race theory gripped the nation’s attention after the summer of 2020 and the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. According to Google Trends, the search… Read More

August 28, 2024
Opinion
Universities have vital partnerships with military, but more security needed

(The Daily Signal) – Higher education drives some conservatives and even some leftists crazy, but conservatives should support universities’ historic role in advancing national security interests. Republican leadership’s … Read More

August 27, 2024
Opinion
YouRule!: What could possibly be worse than 9/11? Well, this …

(Editor’s note: This is the 8th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

August 27, 2024
Opinion
In with teacher apprenticeships, out with colleges of education

(The Daily Signal) – Two persistent problems beset American schools. First, teachers must leave the classroom and become administrators or counselors to earn above the standard teacher salary. Second, colleges of … Read More

August 23, 2024
Opinion
YouRule!: The ‘Five Cs’ of civic construction, and how they can rebuild America

(Editor’s note: This is the 7th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

August 23, 2024
Opinion
‘Media-ocracy’: The corrupt media are putting all 10 fingers on the scale to be king makers in this election. Don’t let them

They knew. They knew it all along. Yet the Biden-Harris administration went to enormous lengths to conceal the president’s deteriorating mental state from the public – even lashing out bitterly at… Read More

August 22, 2024
Opinion
YouRule!: How our ‘civic infrastructure’ is broken, and how we can we fix it

(Editor’s note: This is the 6th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

August 22, 2024
Opinion
Op-ed: Homeschool works better for the ‘common good’ than public school

Critics of homeschooling frequently complain it’s too individualistic and hurts public schools, which they see as a “common good.” “Let’s not forget the reason public schools were funded in the… Read More

August 22, 2024
Opinion
YouRule!: How did America get to this point, and whom can we blame?

(Editor’s note: This is the 5th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

August 21, 2024
Opinion, Public Education
Irresponsible school districts force teachers to create Amazon wish lists

(The Daily Signal) – For several weeks, social media has been flooded by teachers’ posts with Amazon wish lists, soliciting others to stock their classrooms with basic supplies. Creating these… Read More

August 21, 2024
Opinion
YouRule!: Saving America requires this historic juggling act

(Editor’s note: This is the 4th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

August 20, 2024
Opinion
School choice doesn’t take from public schools – it gives power and control to parents

Is it the death of public-school funding, or the end of a government monopoly on where tax dollars are spent? To listen to critics of school choice, you would think… Read More

August 16, 2024
Opinion
No room at ESPN for women defending women’s sports

(The Daily Signal) – Turns out defending women’s sports is a no-go if you want a long career at ESPN. Samantha Ponder, host of “Sunday NFL Countdown,” has been fired, according… Read More

August 16, 2024
Opinion
YouRule!: American exceptionalism, the secret sauce to saving the country

(Editor’s note: This is the 3rd of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

August 15, 2024
Opinion
YouRule!: Saving America requires bringing back civics – but making it as exciting as it really is

(Editor’s note: This is the 2nd of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

August 14, 2024