Peter W. Wood

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Harvard cancels a black academic who debunked woke orthodoxy

Harvard University economics professor Roland G. Fryer was unfairly accused of sexual harassment by his own institution – all for proving that systemic racism doesn’t exist.

Pilgrims' protest: Mayflower descendants defend history of America

Mayflower descendants defend their ancestors — and the history of America.

America wasn't founded on slavery in 1619 — but on Pilgrims' ideals written in 1620

In August 1619, a pirate ship, the White Lion, stopped at Jamestown and traded 20-some captive Africans for food. The Africans were treated as indentured servants and soon released. Fifteen...

Common Core tests take the imagination out of education

The Common Core was never a good idea. It was a sneaky idea — and sneaky ideas in American public policy tend to have exactly the life span that Common...