| Last week’s curation at RealClear’s American Civics portal starts off with returning to our theme for the month of October: “Think Outside Your Tribe.” The article pairing on Thursday, October 13th featured pieces that assess the record of former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. At the New York Times, Jeanne Smialek reports on Bernanke winning the Noble Prize in Economics for his research into financial crises and bank policy. At RealClearMarkets, editor John Tamny criticizes Bernanke for intervening in the market crash of 2008, arguing that his substitution of “highly limited knowledge for that of the marketplace” had disastrous consequences. “In other words, Bernanke was the crisis. Nice job, Nobel Committee.” At RealClearPolicy, Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis, who are affiliated with the Jack Miller Center, contend that the rise of national conservatism is nothing more than a return to what the twentieth century conservative movement “was born to oppose: New Deal liberalism.” Similar to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s rhetoric and policies in the 1930s, “national conservatives are calling for the government to control, regulate, and break up corporate power.” Other similar measures include denouncing “corporate leaders” and the belief in an “expansive government with a robust welfare state” – “a decisive move away from the limited government conservatism of the Reagan era.” Ultimately, they contend that conservatism, like all ideologies, is neither “a philosophy or temperament that leads to a coherent set of issue positions” but is instead “an ex post story that Republicans tell themselves to justify whatever policies are currently associated with their side.” In the News Hyrum Lewis & Verlan Lewis, RealClearPolicy Jay Hobbs, The Federalist ABC News Steven Mintz, Inside Higher Ed National Constitution Center Andrew Harp, News-Enterprise Kali Fontanilla, Capitol Research Center Peter Wood & David Randall, RealClearPolicy The Atlantic, Jane Kamensky WHSV Khyati Patel, Spectrum News Ben Messafi, Fulcrum Kitty Felde, New York Daily News Erica Meltzer, Colorado Chalkbeat Jon Meacham, Time Common Sense Society The Common Sense Society Teacher Seminar comprised two consecutive three-day-long programs (July 17-19 and 20-22) that... Retro Report This 12-minute video delves into how the Supreme Court has upheld the consideration of race in college admissions. Two cases... Stephen Breyer & Jeffrey Rosen, National Constitution Center To conclude the National Constitution Center’s week-long celebration of Constitution Day and to celebrate the launch of... Pioneer Institute On this special Columbus Day edition of “The Learning Curve,” guest host Pioneer Institute’s Mary Z. Connaughton talks with Laurence... Carl Cannon's Great American Stories It's Friday, the day of the week when I pass along a quotation intended to be uplifting or enlightening. Today's ... It's Friday, the day of the week when I pass along a quotation intended to be uplifting or enlightening. Today's ... October 4 is a date that should be celebrated by veteran newspaper reporters and editors such as myself with a ... | 