Education:
"Nobody would want the government to run 90 percent of the nation's entertainment industry. Nobody thinks that 90 percent of all housing should be owned by the state. Yet the government's control of 90 percent of the nation's schools leaves most Americans strangely unconcerned."
– Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, October 17, 2007
"The irony is that if you were to purchase "Reclamation," one cross-country flight would be all you need to read what may be the most necessary and yet under-appreciated work that I have read in quite some time."
Politics and Social matters:
"The social, political and moral system that liberals wish to transform is the very system in and through which Jews found a home such as they had never discovered in all their forced wanderings throughout the centuries over the face of the earth." (Norman Podhoretz)
"I saw the reactions of both parties to 9/11. One party asked, ‘How is this our fault? How are we to blame for this?’ The other party said,‘Let’s kick their ass. These are our enemies, and they are evil." (Ex-Hollywood liberal David Zucker)
Transparent love for the troops
May Day Musings
Appreciating America
Israel lacks a friend in the WH
Missing the Point
The Three Great Questions
Educating the Educators version 2.0
Late Night Talk Show Cowards
The Great Irony of 9-11 in 2009
Obama school speech
Israeli vs US Jews on Obama
Misinfo gone wild
Jesus cannot compete
Quite a week ahead
Mitt Makes Sense
Soccer will never be popular in America
Letter to Holder
Lincoln's 200th
Debunking the Bush-bashing British media on his final day in office
Are we alone, and asleep? 633 words on "Warming"Fear terrorists, not President Bush Global Whining Conservative Media? Know your friends Worst of the Times Peaceful Reality Duke rape case travesty Limo Liberal hypocrisy Moving Along Colombians support democracy Obfuscating Dr. King Brian Bogart Spin Country George, the Racist? Jewish Guilt Gone Wild BoBos* The Lost Generation January, 2009 Columbus deserves his day
Misc:
"Ari, your Magic Johnson piece was terrific. Writing is clearly what you should be doing. Keep writing. You've got IT, whatever IT is."
-Bob Kravitz, Indianapolis Star lead sports columnist
"Ari Kaufman is an enterprising travel writer with considerable flair---a keen observer of the nuances of road travel and what make America tick."
-Sam North, Editor, Hackwriters Travel Magazine
Regularly perusing information from good papers and websites allows readers to grasp the most important issues of today, especially national security. Make the best use of your time while you're blessed being here on earth. These are many of the best pieces I've come across in the past few years:
ACLU in a nutshell (a classic)