Statewide Showdown in West Virginia: Was that a Teacher Strike?

That business in West Virginia–every public school in all 55 counties shuttered for nine days–was completely fascinating, from start to finish.  At some points it was actually inspiring. …

Communitarian and Libertarian Wings of the Left

The Left has always been divided between its communitarian and its libertarian dimensions. Not all communitarians would self-identify as Left, but the distinctive feature of the communitarian left…