New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wants to improve public education in the U.S. by summoning into action “supermen and superwomen.”

Calgary lawyer Bruce Korol, in this op-ed, argues sensibly for a free-market in body organs.

The Federal Register just hit 50,000 pages.  Here’s Ryan Young’s take.

George Leef properly describes Pres. Obama’s college agenda as “absurd.”

What’s wrong with research in the social sciences? Only two things. How it’s done and how it’s interpreted.

The always-vital-and-vibrant Institute for Justice hits another home-run.

My former GMU student Alex Nowrasteh writes wisely on immigration in today’s Wall Street Journal.  Here’s a key ‘graf:

Here’s a letter to the Financial Times:

Several questions popped to mind after reading Nobel laureate economist Michael Spence’s essay in your pages today (“America needs a growth strategy“).  Here are a few:

Here’s Rick Hess writing at Education Week about education policy in the Republic of Georgia:

PERC’s Terry Anderson – an incredibly creative and insightful economist and economic historian – explains in today’s Wall Street Journal that it’s safer to drill “in ‘the backyard.’”  Here’s a key ‘graf:

Two of my outstanding colleagues over at the GMU School of Law – Todd Zywicki and Josh Wright – expose, in today’s Washington Times, several of the flaws that underlie Sen. Dick Durbin’s attempt to justify government control of debit-card interchange fees.

Jim Peron reminds us how well free minds and free markets work – so well that we take this working for granted.

Bob Higgs wishes that the end were near for apocalyptic fear-mongering.

From the Washington Post:

Under enormous pressure to reform, the nation’s public schools are spending millions of dollars each year on gadgets from text-messaging devices to interactive whiteboards that technology companies promise can raise student performance.