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Dear Graduates: You’re Screwed! Sun May 27Derek HunterIt’s graduation season, and prominent political and media figures are making the rounds to give commencement speeches at colleges across the country. The one thing missing from these speeches is reality. ... more
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AmericaNew Crossroads ad. ... more
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Dumbing Down the American Dream Wed Apr 25Susan BrownYoung Americans received unwelcome news this week when an April 23 AP report found 53.6 percent of college graduates under the age of 25 are jobless or underemployed, and there is little hope for improvement in the near future. This news is grim for young Americans as well as an administration in reelection mode. ... more
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Flipping Students the Bird Mon Nov 7Katie KiefferSteve Jobs was suspended from high school for playing a salacious prank on the graduating senior class. Biographer Walter Isaacson says Jobs and his friends tie-dyed a bedsheet with the school colors and enlisted one of their mothers to paint a large hand extending its middle finger across the sheet. ... more
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Some Belated Parental Advice to Protesters Thu Oct 20Marybeth HicksCall it an occupational hazard, but I can’t look at the Occupy Wall Street protesters without thinking, “Who parented these people?” ... more
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Steve Jobs: Unwanted Child? Tue Oct 11Mona CharenAmid the expressions of grief at the passing of one of America's greatest innovators -- Steve Jobs -- one offhand comment by someone on CNN was jarring. Describing his brilliance, his inventiveness, his business genius and his inspired leadership, one host added, "And his parents didn't want him! They gave him up for adoption, if you can believe that!" ... more
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Star ParkerPresident Obama does not miss an opportunity to point out that the problems this country is facing today did not start on his watch ... more
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Too Much Higher Education Wed Sep 14Walter E. WilliamsToo much of anything is just as much a misallocation of resources as it is too little, and that applies to higher education just as it applies to everything else. ... more
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Jane Fonda's Crush on Che Guevara Wed Sep 7Humberto FontovaA new biography of Jane Fonda by Patricia Bosworth reveals a lifelong lament by the famous actress: “My biggest regret” Fonda is quoted during a “feminist consciousness-raising session,” according to the book’s account, “is I never got to f*** Che Guevara.” ... more
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For Youth, Slow Economy Means 'No We Can't' Tue Aug 30Hadley HeathMove-in day has come and gone at college campuses nationwide. Teary-eyed mothers have gone home, leaving nervous freshmen to fend for themselves. But a harsher reality awaits students on the other side of their four years of collegiate study: the “real world.” And the real world of today is not kind to college graduates. Many college seniors will attend job fairs this fall; if trends continue, few will find work next spring. ... more
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Ron MeyerLiving at home after college just isn’t cool, and young people are blaming the Obama Administration. ... more
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Obama Losing His Core Supporters Wed Aug 17Donald LambroThings aren't going well for President Obama these days. Nearly four months before the presidential marathon officially begins, Obama's lackluster economy remains the overwhelming political issue in the country. ... more
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Austin HillHow seriously are we to take President Obama on economic matters? Is anybody still expecting him to “create jobs?” ... more
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Weak Economy Plays to Romney's Strengths Fri Jun 24Donald LambroFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's lower economic growth estimates for this year and next diminish President Obama's already weakened prospects for a second term. ... more
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