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4 weeks ago | 
providencemag.com | Jack Miller |Pete Peterson |James Diddams
Polarization is the inescapable theme of the moment. Yet, the reality is that the US has always struggled through division, with even the Founding Era being a far more fractious time than our own. And yet, time and time again, Americans have united around the principles of government founded on the consent of the people and the natural rights of all as articulated in the Hebrew Bible.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
myjournalcourier.com | Michael Poliakoff |Jack Miller
Over the last 60 years, there has been unconscionable neglect of civics and American history at both the K-12 and university levels. Surveys by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni show that fewer than 20% of colleges nationwide require an American history or government course for graduation. Unsurprisingly, this deficit has made its way into the training of teachers too.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
wnd.com | Michael Poliakoff |Jack Miller
Over the last 60 years, there has been unconscionable neglect of civics and American history at both the K-12 and university levels. Surveys by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) show that fewer than 20% of colleges nationwide require an American history or government course for graduation. Unsurprisingly, this deficit has made its way into the training of teachers too.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
mindingthecampus.org | Michael Poliakoff |Jack Miller
zero comment Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by RealClear Education on November 4, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Over the last 60 years, there has been unconscionable neglect of civics and American history at both the K-12 and university levels.
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May 1, 2024 | 
mindingthecampus.org | Jack Miller
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by RealClear Wire on April 25, 2024 and is crossposted here with permission. Our K-12 educational system is designed to serve much less than 50 percent of American students. For decades the cry has been that “all kids must go to college.” Yet, only a minority do so and fewer graduate. Our high schools have been turned into college prep schools. Shop classes have been eliminated, along with other useful courses.
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Feb 11, 2024 | 
myheraldreview.com | Jack Miller
One of the single most important words in the Declaration of Independence is “pursuit.” The Founders believed that government exists to preserve certain rights, such as life and liberty. But they never declared a natural right to happiness – they only bound our government to protect its pursuit. Sadly, it seems too many Americans misunderstand this “self-evident truth.” Socialism and other big government ideologies seek to guarantee happiness itself, not its pursuit.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
mindingthecampus.org | Pete Peterson |Jack Miller
zero comment Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by RealClearWire on January 22, 2024 and is crossposted here with permission. The shocking scenes of college students, faculty, and staff defending Hamas’s October 7th massacre of Israeli civilians as a “legitimate act of resistance” have rightly been called antisemitism. Our father’s antisemitism was the centuries-old hatred of Jews just because they were Jews, different in their beliefs and customs.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
bryantimes.com | Jack Miller
In 2020, many American corporations and academic institutions adopted new policies to promote “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI). Achieving true diversity, equity, and inclusion starts with recognizing we are all individuals first. Instead of assigning collective guilt or praise to arbitrary groups, we need to recognize the promise of the Declaration of Independence.
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Sep 18, 2023 | 
fairfieldsuntimes.com | Jack Miller
In 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a task force to explore reparations for chattel slavery. Recent polling suggests, however, that even most Californians are opposed to cash payments to descendants of enslaved people. Reparations just aren’t a very American idea – they clash with our commitments to individual responsibility and equal opportunity rather than equal outcomes.
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May 5, 2023 | 
mindingthecampus.org | Jack Miller
Over the last few years, the rallying cry of “woke” activists has become “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (often abbreviated to DEI). There is little reason to object to such principles on the surface. After all, America was founded on the principle that all people are created equal. Unfortunately, the meaning of words can change over time. Rather than the Founders’ vision of equal opportunity for all, the use of the word “equity” today denotes equal outcomes for all.
