Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from an article originally published by the National Association of Scholars on May 6, 2025, and is cross-posted here with permission. The deluge of education news out of the White House has yet to cease. President Trump signed six Executive Orders (EOs) at the end of last month, encompassing a range […]
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Harvard University is perhaps the most successful institution of the last 400 years, outside of some nation states and a handful of religions. Yet, that very success may have set Harvard up for failure in its current confrontation with the Trump administration. An April 22nd New York Times article, “As Harvard Is Hailed a Hero, […]
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“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” Proverbs 18:21 (English Standard Version) The Bible is full of wise references to the power of our words. We can use words to build up or tear down. Ideally, words are given life to communicate important […]
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President Trump recently signed an executive order directed at Smithsonian museums and national parks, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, much of the attention since has focused on the Smithsonian piece of the order. The appointment of a National Park Service (NPS) director is often an afterthought; to date, no director has […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by American Thinker on May 05, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. President Trump is getting a lot of unwarranted media criticism for stating that he isn’t a lawyer who can give a formal constitutional law opinion on due process for illegal border crossers. […]
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The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has urged the Trump Administration to spare the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) from its planned dismemberment of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), IES being the research and data collection wing of ED. In a March 31, 2025, article, the NAS wrote: Much of what ED does is […]
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