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The long-awaited outbreak of the Iraq war is a somber moment, and especially for those of us at VDARE.COM. In the wake of 9/11, we argued that the answer to terrorism within the U.S. was immigration reform and border control. Other articulate voices have been raised in
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WASHINGTON [CT] -Budget season is under way, and driving many proposed increases are burgeoning school budgets, spending plans that often account for more than 70 percent of the total budget. And at the core of the school budget hikes are contractually mandated increases in teachers' salaries and benefits, a
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Republished on VDARE.COM on March 10, 2003 Amid a plethora of books, some consensus arises -and it is not cheerful By John E. McIntyre Sun Staff Originally published February 23, 2003 Examining two dozen books on education - charter schools, teacher unions, vouchers, curriculum - I fell prey to
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch Robert Holland is a senior fellow at the Lexington Institute in Arlington., THE WORM IN THE APPLE: How the Teacher Unions Are Destroying American Education, by Peter Brimelow; HarperCollins, $24.95. In his 1995 bestseller, Alien Nation, Peter Brimelow warned in the bluntest terms of the danger
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Republished on VDARE.COM on March 05, 2003 by Jay Mathews by Jay Mathews washingtonpost.com I don't write much about teacher unions. So, according to Peter Brimelow's new book, I am partially responsible for their ruining our schools. Go ahead, blame me for being lazy
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Republished on VDARE.COM on March 05, 2003 By Thomas Bray The Detroit News February 23, 2003 When former Detroit Supt. David Adamany once proposed a modest incentive-pay system to reward teacher excellence, the Detroit affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers reacted bluntly: Any such move would provoke a
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Republished on VDARE.COM on March 04, 2003 Wall Street Journal; New York, N.Y.; Feb 19, 2003 Copyright Dow Jones & Company Inc Feb 19, 2003 THE WORM IN THE APPLE By Peter Brimelow (HarperCollins, 296 pages, $24.95) Andrew Creighton-Harank, a highly regarded Arizona schoolteacher, asked the Kyrene
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BILL O'REILLY: In the "Unresolved Problems" segment tonight, we continue our reporting on whether political agendas are harming children in the nation's public schools. With us now is Peter Brimelow, the author of the book The Worm in The Apple: How the Teacher Unions
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Republished on VDARE.COM on February 23, 2003 United Press International By Lou Marano Published 2/20/2003 5:18 PM WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) — No market mechanism rewards success or punishes failure in public education, and monopolistic unions act as a restraint on trade. So can business principles be
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Washington, D.C. Cato Institute BOOK FORUM Monday, February 24, 2003 12:00 p.m. (Luncheon to follow) Featuring the author, Peter Brimelow; with comments by Jay Mathews, Washington Post The Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001
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Republished on VDARE.COM on February 16, 2003 The Worm in The Apple February 13, 2003 Ron Smith's Something to Say (February 13, 2003) The revelation that the beleaguered Baltimore City public school system is paying 34 staff members more than $100,000 per year in salaries, overtime
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Republished on VDARE.COM on February 03, 2003 PETER BRIMELOW. HarperCollins, $24.95 (336p) ISBN 0-06-009661-6 COPYRIGHT 2002 Reed Business Information "The problem with America's government school system is socialism. The solution is capitalism—the introduction of a free market." This provocative theme, stated explicitly by