Rethink.

Mark Bauerlein, “The Phony Funding Crisis” – from the article: they [Guthrie and Peng] counter, “from one year to the next, schools almost always have more real revenue for each of their enrolled students. For the past hundred years, with rare and short exceptions and after controlling for inflation, public schools have had both more …

Yeah, I have work to do. Just a few things that have come my way the last few days: Kejda Gjermani, “The Missile-Defense Betrayal” – usually I don’t like articles on foreign policy that sound gossipy. But there were real rifts created between the electorates/governments of Poland and the Czech Republic and us because of …

Noah Shachtman, “How the Afghanistan Air War Got Stuck in the Sky” (h/t Josh, David) – from the article: While accidental civilian deaths dropped by 87 percent in the eight weeks following the order, American fatalities have more than doubled from 2008 levels. Jay Cost, “Why Does the Public Oppose ObamaCare?” – from the article: …

Jan Swafford, “The Music of the Castrati” – from the article: From the 16th to the 19th centuries, tens of thousands of male children were castrated before puberty to preserve their high voices, then subjected to a brutal and relentless program of vocal training. The first instruction, wrote an observer, “was inseparable from the whip.” …

Medal of Honor winner ordered to remove flagpole from his own property (h/t David) – this story has not been getting anywhere near enough attention. His actions in the theater around Anzio are astounding. Megan McArdle, “Battling Bernanke” – from the article: Ben Bernanke could undoubtedly have done better.  But he did well enough that …