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We’ve known this for decades now. You can blame the educational-industrial complex for trying to find ways to dumb-down math, thus creating college failures our of our high school graduates.  One local private school in Moscow teaches math using old-school methods. And their graduates are universally successful in STEM curriculums (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math).  Math

Hillary Clinton is insisting her meetings with global leaders and others who had given significant donations to the Clinton Foundation did not influence the things she did as secretary of state. Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump and issued a strong defense of the Clinton Foundation Wednesday amid the Republican nominee’s claims that she used public

I’m actually glad that progressives aren’t having children.  The problem with environmentalists isn’t merely that they have destructive ideas about the economy, but that so many of them embrace repulsive ideas about human beings. Take a recent NPR piece that asks, “Should We Be Having Kids In The Age Of Climate Change?” If you want

The advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) is hosting its first ever presidential forum on September 7, which will “focus exclusively on issues the next president will have to confront as Commander-in-Chief,” according to IAVA’s website. The hour-long event, which will be broadcast on NBC and MSNBC is not a debate, but rather

“Only 38 percent of test takers tested as college ready in at least three of the four subject areas (English, math, reading and science). Thirty-four percent are not prepared to pass entry-level college courses in any subject.“ ACT scores are dropping as more students — 64 percent of 12th graders — take the exam. Some

Late Sunday, a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the Obama administration’s transgender bathroom directive, just in time for the state’s first day of school on Monday. The President has said that transgender students should be allowed to use the bathroom and locker room of their choosing, rather than the one that matches the gender

THOUGH THE INTERNET is often an inhospitable place, a celebrity hack this week was particularly shocking and painful because of its racial and gendered undertones. Comedian and actor Leslie Jones had her Tumblr hacked on Wednesday. The attackers posted screenshots of her driver’s license and passport photos along with her phone number and Twitter password, nude pictures of

Another big story that continues to evolve is the leak of National Security Agency hacking tools by an anonymous group called the Shadow Brokers. This week we reported on evidence that people are learning about and exploiting the vulnerabilities revealed in the data dump. This is not surprising, but it does speak to the risks the NSA

This week researchers disclosed that a shadowy surveillance software company called NSO Group has been exploiting a sequence of three vulnerabilities in iOS to install sophisticated spyware on the iPhones of high-profile targets. Apple released a patch for the bugs on August 25. Given that the company’s iOS mobile operating system has a very strong security record

Hillary Clinton Reportedly ‘BleachBitted’ Her Deleted Emails We know that Hillary Clinton’s aides took precautions to make emails deleted from her private server unrecoverable, and on August 25 Rep. Trey Gowdy (R. South Carolina) named the program they used to do it. He said that the FBI’s investigation revealed that Clinton’s staff used BleachBit—an open-source

On Monday, Politico reported that farm “lobbyists have been laboring for months” to try to secure tens of millions of dollars in federal aid for their members, who are struggling thanks to a combination of overproduction and low commodity prices. Those who’ve been shaking cups in the nation’s capital include lobbyists from the American Farm

Hillary Clinton vigorously defended her family’s foundation against Donald Trump’s criticism on Friday and declared she’s confident there will be no further major accusations involving the foundation, her emails or anything else that could undermine her chances of defeating him in November. She said the private Clinton Foundation’s charitable programs would continue if she’s elected,

Living marijuana plants went on display Friday at the Oregon State Fair, and organizers say it’s the first state fair in the nation to allow cannabis for public viewing. Oregon voted to legalize recreational marijuana in late 2014. Here are a few things to know about recreational marijuana in Oregon and about the display at

Organization has about $62,000 in commitments, needs $125,000 total; will close for two months starting Thursday Sojourners’ Alliance is about halfway to its goal of securing $125,000 in financial commitments to remain open for a year starting Nov. 1, said Steve Bonnar, executive director of the organization. Bonnar said he will continue to ask for

The Gary Johnson campaign is planning to spend about a million on radio and digital billboards in seven targeted states. The states are Colorado, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin. One of the radio ads is reported to say “if a Democrat is elected president, if a Republican is elected president, in

From Nick Gillespie at Reason Magazine:  Earlier today, I talked with Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson for about half an hour. Here’s an edited version of my conversation with the former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico. The topics we covered include whether he supports carbon taxes and mandatory vaccines (no to both), agrees with Hillary