"Guns don't kill people. People kill people." It's one of the NRA's classic sayings. Guns aren't the problem. People are. I agree that people can be problems, but they usually aren't lethal problems when they aren't armed to the teeth. Some … [Read more...]

In educational reform circles, Michelle Rhee is royalty. Her controversial career sprung from Teach for America, the quintessential ed reform project. Kevin Huffman, her first husband, was also a TFA alum. She divorced him for a second … [Read more...]

Three cheers for President Obama! In spite of the no-so veiled threats coming from the extreme right, in spite of the NRA's commercial referencing Malia and Sasha, in spite of the fact that it would be easier to float some meaningless, … [Read more...]

"The bottom line is rash decisions can have devastating, life altering consequences." --Indiana State Police spokesman A husband is beating up his wife. She escapes to the bedroom, locks the door, and dials 9-1-1. As the police arrive at … [Read more...]

The truth is that our society is populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters — people so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can possibly ever comprehend them. --Wayne La Pierre It's … [Read more...]

“Our major universities are now stuck with an army of pedestrian, toadying careerists, Fifties types who wave around Sixties banners to conceal their record of ruthless, beaver-like tunneling to the top.” --Camille Paglia There's serious … [Read more...]

It's called An Act to Invest in Our Communities. You've probably never heard about it. Legislatively referred to as SB1416 or HB2553, the bill offers the  revenue reform: the progressive tax reform that many of us here on BMG have called … [Read more...]

Until I was diabetic, I loved Twinkies. I don't eat them now, and given recent the health professions attitude toward nutrition, I don't think transfatty, cream-filled spongecake the texture of an un-upholstered couch cushion are part of a … [Read more...]

It is best for America to have the fight out here and now.  --FDR, 1940 The tactic is as old as military combat itself: attack the enemy from the front and drive it back into obstacle. The obstacle can be another army, the ocean, or a … [Read more...]

"We are different from previous generations of conservatives... We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are radicals, working to overturn the present power structure of this country." --Paul Weyrich Here it is. Right from … [Read more...]