Week in Review: On School Discipline, Fix the Problem, Not the Statistics

After a rocky start, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has done an admirable job of reining in Barack Obama's executive overreach. From giving states more freedom on K–12 schooling to paring back heavy-handed higher-education regulations, she's taken step after step toward restoring a limited and principled federal role....

November 19 2017

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On School Discipline, Fix the Problem, Not the Statistics Max C. Eden After a rocky start, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has done an admirable job of reining in Barack Obama's executive overreach. From giving states more freedom on K–12 schooling to paring back heavy-handed higher-education regulations, she's taken step after step toward restoring a limited and principled federal role.... READ MORE The Treasury Secretary's Wife Kevin D. Williamson First ladies are bad enough, and the recent habit of referring to the wife of the vice president as "the second lady" is nauseating. The first Mrs. Trump does have a point: From a certain point... The Enduring Appeal of Creepy Christianity David French Speaking broadly, there are two great, competing temptations that tug at the Christian Church. Both of them are based on the fear of man. The first is the one that the theologically orthodox... ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden's Muddled Response to the Texas Shooting Was Unintentionally Revealing David French The Sutherland Springs, Texas, shooting presents a serious problem for those who claim that the government offers the answer for gun violence. After all, the government failed at every turn, and... For Slimy Senators, Our Conviction Should Be Expulsion Andrew McCarthy The spirit of the times has opened the floodgates of long-suppressed heartache. Victimized women are thus coming forward a decade or more after being abused by this political don or that... In Illinois, an Election Battle Looms over the Bankrupting 'Blue Model' George Will Not without thy wondrous story, Illinois, Illinois, Can be writ the nation's glory, Illinois, Illinois. – official state song SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This state's story, which lately has been... These Bills Are Outstanding Jack Fowler By my calculation, this is Day 33 of our #30DaysHathBucktember webathon. Well, I was never good with calendars. But I am solid with this: Sunday, November 19, at 11:59 p.m., marks the end of... ADVERTISEMENT To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age Robert Barron and John Allen 'Bishop Robert Barron is the most accomplished evangelist and catechist in the Catholic Church today. Everyone eager to help make Catholicism a "Church permanently in mission" should read this stimulating conversation. Everyone.' — George Weigel, author of Witness to Hope and The End and the Beginning LEARN MORE Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Tesla's Road Warriors ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.