The Syrian Civil War is looking every day more and more like the Civil War in Spain. Just as fascists, communists, and anarchists from all over Europe streamed into Spain, so Sunnis and Shiites are flocking to Syria.Sam Dagher reports for the Wall Street Journal: Shiite fighters, primarily from Lebanon, Iran and Iraq, are now […]

After forty-plus years of absence, ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) is returning to the City University of New York. A very ugly exit in March of 1971, forced by immature, ill informed, and generally appalling student protests, kept the military segregated from CUNY, one of the most diverse universities in America, for entire generations.A moving […]

The NYC city council has just passed a resolution allowing religious groups to worship in public schools, taking a stand on a decades-old controversy. Since 1994, state legislators and activists with a radical interpretation of the First Amendment have been trying to evict New York City churches from public schools. The official New York City […]

After months of bitter debate, Chicago’s Board of Education voted to close 49 underused and underfunded public schools—the largest school closure America has seen in decades. The New York Times reports: Chicago now has 145,000 fewer school-age children than it had more than a decade ago, according to district data, and the district had already […]

Just two days after the President of the Philippines announced a $1.8 billion naval expansion, mostly to combat Chinese “bullying”, Japan pledged its help. “Japan will provide patrol boats to the Philippines to help the country bolster its capabilities in the face of China’s growing presence in regional waters,” reports the Asahi Shimbun. “In a meeting […]

College isn’t for everyone, and there’s data to prove it. During the 2011-12 academic year, the number of students enrolled in American colleges and universities dropped by 1.6 percent, while the number of degrees awarded increased by 5.1 percent, according to a new study. As colleges attract fewer marginal students who wouldn’t have succeeded in attaining a degree, […]

The gutsiest, highest risk economic drive for growth in the world these days is coming out of Japan. After decades of stagnation, accompanied by deficit spending and Keynesian stimulus on an enormous scale, the world’s third largest economy is crashing its currency to stimulate exports and doing everything nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can think […]

The ballots are in, and City Councilman Eric Garcetti has won the Los Angeles mayoral election. The race was notable for a lack of differences between between the candidates, low public enthusiasm, and dismal voter turnout, which barely cracked 20 percent. What’s most interesting about the race was the role of unions. Garcetti’s opponent, City […]

Yesterday’s Washington Post carried a very scary front-page article, and no, I am not referring to the coverage of the Oklahoma twister. I refer to the article above the fold, left, signed by Scott Wilson and Karen deYoung entitled “Petraeus at heart of Benghazi Dispute.” The article supplies much more detail about the origins of […]

The American people are not dupes. Regarding the scandals, they’re showing a level of sense and good judgment that frequently escapes the denizens of the “Acela cocoon.”A Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that more than half of Americans believe the Obama administration is covering up over Benghazi, and that a narrow plurality also thinks the […]