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Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld is the author of eight books on education, including: "Is Public Education Necessary?" "NEA: Trojan Horse in American Education," "The Whole Language/OBE Fraud" and "Homeschooling: A Parents Guide to Teaching Children." His books are available on Amazon.com. Back issues of his incisive newsletter, The Blumenfeld Education Letter, are available online.
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Is Ariel Sharon the Charles de Gaulle of Israel?

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- Anyone who remembers the horrors that de Gaulle inflicted on French Algeria when he handed over that territory to the Algerian terrorists in 1962 will find remarkable similarities more…

Coulter charms Time magazine

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- When I saw the April 25 cover of Time, I thought that the magazine's profile would be a demonization of Ann Coulter. I imagine the photographer, editors and more…

What's love got to do with it? Everything

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- Can a husband murder his wife? That is exactly what Michael Schiavo is doing in ordering the feeding tube to be removed from his wife. His intention is more…

Globalization at home

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- The other day, my Dell printer ran out of ink, and I had to order a new cartridge. I called the toll-free number and the female voice on more…

Ritalin and Russian roulette

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- It is estimated that in the United States between 4 million and 8 million children are on Ritalin, the drug being used to change the behavior of children more…

U.S. homeschoolers beat Oxford debaters

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- Four homeschooled students at Patrick Henry College went to Oxford University in December to take part in a debate with some of Oxford's best student debaters, and two more…

An alternative to 'torture'

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- Much is being written and talked about these days of our alleged torturing of the terrorists in our custody, especially at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Some more…

Separating school from state

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- The cause of educational freedom was given a great boost on the weekend before Thanksgiving at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. There, at this opulent inn, were more…

Why Jews should vote for Bush

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- If you are an American Jew and are inclined to vote for Sen. Kerry, you will be doing what al-Qaida and all of Israel's enemies want you to more…

How Barney Frank helped the 9-11 hijackers

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- I have just finished reading the 500-page "9-11 Commission Report," and what becomes quite apparent is that the weakest link in our antiterrorism defense system prior to 9-11 more…