ILF POST

By Linc Bloomfield America does certain things marvelously well, ranging from super-productivity and entrepreneurial innovation to graduate education, a do-it-yourself civil society, a Constitution copied by most countries, and a magnet for millions who, however much they may badmouth this country, line up for visas (or escape routes) to share in freedom’s pluses and minuses.

By Mary Catherine Bateson In an earlier post on whether the Democrats should announce a detailed plan for Iraq before the elections, I advocated the prior necessity of affirming a number of basic principles in international relations on which the two major parties sometimes differ. One of these was the value of sustained interaction [...]

By Ralph Keyes In recent elections politicians from both parties have assured voters that they share their values. In the last presidential race, George Bush repeatedly warned voters that John Kerry didn’t share their values. Kerry denied the charge, repeating ad nauseam that he did indeed share voters’ values.

By Harlan Cleveland We have recently watched two groups of presidential candidates, standing stiffly in rows on a stage, trying (not very successfully) to look like our potential Presidents. There must be a better way!
Election time U.S.A. should be our leaders’ greatest opportunity for civic education. The attention of the people, and the media, [...]

By Gloria Feldt How do I even begin to comment on all the fallacies, misuse of language, and out-and-out false dichotomizing of “Breast Cancer Not Linked to Abortion, Study Says” (4/24/07) by Nicholas Bakalar in the New York Times? Though the headline is accurate, the article itself offers false balance at its [...]

By Guest Contributor David Keyes Written five years ago to reduce the “achievement gap,” the No Child Left Behind Act has in fact created a gap in American education. Its pressure to raise test scores has caused many schools to give poor and minority students an impoverished education that focuses primarily on basic skills.