Inside The Voucher Schools That Teach Scientology Principles — But Claim They Don’t

Clearwater Academy International is one of dozens of schools and tutoring centers in the U.S. that use learning materials based on the ideas of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the church of Scientology. Five of these schools and tutoring centers, including Clearwater Academy, receive public funding through voucher or tax credit scholarship programs, HuffPost… Continue reading Inside The Voucher Schools That Teach Scientology Principles — But Claim They Don’t

50 World Leaders Will Discuss Climate Change in Paris. Donald Trump Wasn’t Invited

Foreign policy experts on both sides of the aisle predicted that President Trump’s decision to take the U.S. out of the world’s most significant agreement to fight climate change would leave the U.S. isolated on the issue. Now they have one of their first examples of that argument. via 50 World Leaders Will Discuss Climate… Continue reading 50 World Leaders Will Discuss Climate Change in Paris. Donald Trump Wasn’t Invited

The Case for Why Kraftwerk May Be the Most Influential Band Since the Beatles

They are performance artists of self-parody—four stiff Teutonic robots (sometimes played by actual robots), standing behind drum machines and sequencers, pushing buttons and singing things like “Wir fahr’n fahr’n fahr’n auf der Autobahn” and “it’s more fun to compute. via The Case for Why Kraftwerk May Be the Most Influential Band Since the Beatles Worth… Continue reading The Case for Why Kraftwerk May Be the Most Influential Band Since the Beatles

The Peril of Taxing Elite Higher Education

The investment that leads to growth is not just in plant and equipment. It also includes human capital, which means educating our labor force. And it includes the knowledge that flows from basic research. The United States is an economic superpower in part because we have the best university system in the world. **The tax… Continue reading The Peril of Taxing Elite Higher Education

Editor Admits Breitbart Publishes Fake News

Though Marlow concedes that Breitbart made coverage decisions around protecting Trump, before the sexual misconduct allegations against Moore, Breitbart had been hammering the news media and Hollywood for supposedly protecting individuals like Harvey Weinstein. via The American Conservative: Editor Admits Breitbart Publishes Fake News This should have been a bigger story.