Is College Worth It?---Part II

Over a week ago I posted Part I of this series. This might be the final part---but I'm going to leave the series open-ended.This week's installment comes courtesy of the now infamous Charles Murray. I've posted on another Murray article here before. Let's put it this way: I'm not a fan. He co-authored The Bell Curve with Richard Herrnstein, published in 1996. That book argued, in essence, that

Is College Worth It?---Part I

I'm a sucker for stories like this. Authored by Megan Twohey for the Chicago Tribune, with contributions by Jo Napolitano and published in mid-October, the title says it all: "Is college worth it?" Allow me to review and comment.------------------------------Kelly Stevens is suffering from buyer's remorse. The 29-year-old from Fargo, N.D., took out more than $60,000 in loans to pay for a

The Confusion Of "Federalism"

Kevin Levin, at his fantastic weblog Civil War Memory, posted a reflection on Thomas DiLorenzo's new book on Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today. I agree with Levin's analysis of the book but added the following in comments to Kevin's post (slight revised for H&E):------------------------------My