The New AmericanA couple of years ago a friend of mine with Tennessee Tax Revolt sent me article which, I will have to admit, did not shock me… since my own wife worked as a teacher at a system in West Tennessee, she kept me well informed of the free lunch and breakfast programs and the participation level in both....
A Wisconsin school superintendent may be rethinking how he dealt with a student who wrote a school newspaper article condemning homosexuality as sinful. As part of an assignment for his journalism class, which is responsible for producing the school newspaper, 15-year-old Shawano High Schoolstudent Brandon Wegner contributed half of a pro-con editorial feature on...
Six years ago, I attended a Madison County budget committee meeting where they heard requests for an additional 3.6 million dollars from the Madison County School system one afternoon in the third floor of courthouse. Budget committee members questioned Roy Weaver and Pam Finney( now on the board for JEA) for over an hour and a...
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This dispatch is the result of much thought about, observation of and grieving over where our country, your country, my country, is headed. It was not borne of any delusion that I’m qualified to give any of you advice. Rather, I strongly believe that 2010 and 2011 each were, and 2012 is going to...
Okay, I understand…this is not a subject that many know much about and it certainly is for ‘mature readers’. However, if we don’t know how we got to the place where we are now, we really won’t understand WHERE we are and why. It is upon the ‘Kinsey’ philosophy that present-day sex education is...
COMMENT: Okay, it is the day after CHRISTmas so I thought something a little different might be in order, however, as you review today’s post, you will find that it touches on many of the very ‘hot’ issues of the day, including religious freedom, abortion, Islam, family life, charity, abstinence, sexual purity, etc. Very...
I have spent a good deal of this morning reading about the subject in the title, so much so, this rather ill feeling came over me, not unlike the feeling that I was sinking into a pit of wet sand and there seemed little hope. I guess the worst descriptions on the subject came from my more...
Like baseball and apple pie, teenagers working on farms is part of the American way of life in rural areas, conjuring up iconic images of sunny afternoons baling hay in a spirit of camaraderie, downing the occasional soda or glass of lemonade together. Teens learn to work responsibly and earn money while they work...
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order granting review in three cases regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). This is a significant event with so many state legislatures debating whether to implement the various aspects of this law, such as insurance exchanges. The Court is expected hear oral arguments...
Recently Newt Gingrich has attempted to make a comeback at a time when conservatives are disgusted with nearly all policies of government. But who is he really and what does he stand for. The Real Newt Gingrich Part I The Real Newt Gingrich Part II The Real Newt Gingrich Part 3 The Real Newt...
Let us not overlook the female version of this issue. There are many female’s who sexually molest little girls as well. Lesbians are no better than their male counterparts - for some reason they seem to disappear into the woodwork a lot easier than the males do. How many females go to Congress and...
Received a call the other day from a mother wanting to talk about what was being taught in sex education classes these days. It occurred to me that several years ago, I used to get calls on at least weekly basis from parents complaining about what was being taught to their student in public...
Okay, remind me. Aren’t college campuses supposed to be the bastions of ‘free speech’, ‘free thought’, ‘free association’, etc? Well, evidently not. If you don’t do things like they want you to, you may be out of luck. Is this just the next example of political correctness run a muck or is this real...
Just weeks after Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” Kevin Jennings resigned as Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar,” the office he ran in the US Dept. of Education has been demoted after its funds were severely cut by Congress in the upcoming federal budget. Although it’s difficult to pinpoint the exact amounts, it’s estimated nearly three-quarters of...
A few years ago, I sadly discovered that it was next to impossible to find our nation’s great historic documents together in one volume, so we decided to fix that problem. It took us a full year to research and compile over 50 of our country’s greatest historical documents, but we did it! Now,...
In an article by Lee Duigon he provides a series of suggustions to save our educational system and I couldn’t agree more with most of them. If you want to fix America, you have to fix America’s broken education system; and you must start by getting rid of the one we have. I’ve been...
The American Family Association writes: Let your school officials know that if they are going to allow social and political action in class, your child will not be there. They explain their position by asking you to take a stance: The Day of Silence, which is sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education...
A Quick Glance at Education Around the Country Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker would make school reform, including an unprecedented expansion of Milwaukee’s two-decade-old voucher program, the centerpiece of his budget plan for the coming fiscal year. The Douglas County, Colorado school board unanimously approved a plan offering vouchers to as many as 500 students...
An article written and posted by Fox News tells the story of the Staff Sgt. Anthony Maschek. Sgt Mashchek as a 28 year freshman enrolled at Columbia University. Sgt. Maschek was attempting to suggest that ROTC at the University could be a very good thing for the both the students and the University. The report...
Two stories presented as one from Jackie… worth the read. Bill tightens legal services for immigrants If the immigration laws on the books were ENFORCED we wouldn’t even be having this discussion. There are laws that regulate how a foreigner can come to America and there are people set in place in the foreign...
The American Family Association released a report this morning about a couple of things that happened yesterday morning in Washington, D. C. in Congress. On the first full day of the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives did something that has never been done before. They conducted a first-ever reading of the US Constitution on...
Since the inception of *unions* for any tax funded employee began – the QUALITY of performance of that group as deteriorated by leaps and bounds. As with all *union* agenda’s it is to support the upper echelon and not the people they are supposed to serve. I have watched how the Machinists union in...
Today Liberty Counsel sent a memo to school superintendents in Tennessee, setting the record straight on a prior letter sent from the state’s ACLU. The ACLU suggests that any Christmas concert, decoration, or party is a religious activity prohibited by the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU letter leaves the wrong impression with school administrators and...
I don’t know how many of my readers have noticed that their trips to the grocery store have gotten just a bit more expensive. I certainly have. Simple things like sugar, bread, coffee, all have gone up in price. I am by no means an economist, and many of the articles I read on the...
Let me ask readers a question. What’s more important: freedom and its undergirding principles, or the entity meant to protect it? A word of caution: be careful how you answer that question, because the way you answer marks your understanding (or lack thereof) of both freedom and the purpose of government. Thomas Jefferson–and the...
Written By: Dan Proft Original Post Part of NBC’s “curriculum” included an interview with President Obama by Today Show host Matt Lauer. The president inadvertently offered an insight into why calling America the “education nation” is like calling a diminutive person “stretch.” The president said so many things about the nation’s K-12 education system...
In a variation of word association, the list* below should prompt you to make some very common associations… First of January 14th of February 17th of March Fifth of May 14th of June 4th of July 25th of December You may remember playing a game as a child called “which one doesn’t belong”, and...
It appears the truth hurts so a little misdirection is all that is needed. When a minority is overly ticketed, all they have to do is scream racism and the rules change. In this article several years ago, Black middle schoolers appear to be punished more often than whites “New Hanover educators said they didn’t know what...
Fourth grade was the first year of school when two teachers, not one, taught us during the school day at the elementary school I attended. Mrs. Piper was my favorite of the two, a woman who was attractive in a Victorian, matronly kind of way. Mrs. Jackson I didn’t like as much, but that...
From my friend at NC Heritage: Spring is coming soon, so it’s time for the annual attack on Confederate monuments at the North Carolina State Capitol. This time around, the N.C. Historic Commission is concerned about the “underrepresentation of women and ethnic minorities at the State Capitol and on the grounds.” The Historic Commission,...
From my friends in North Carolina we have this report: Once again, North Carolina’s educational system is making national headlines. Thanks to Fox News for alerting us to this year’s plan by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to remove U.S. history from the course in U.S. history. Under the plan, the required 11th-grade...
This was sent by a friend, who reiterated a question asked at the end of the article about how we will communicate with our loved ones in the event these dire (but realistic) predictions come to pass. Please consider this very seriously. Thoughtful suggestions are welcome. I mentioned walkie-talkies, CB radios, ham radio &...
I’d intended to write this much earlier in the month, and apologize for delaying it until today, when many may already be celebrating this day, whose origins & history, as those of many holidays we celebrate, are largely unknown or ignored. This is probably going to upset at least one of you, and I’m...
This is the ten-minute video sent to me by Fred Marshall III that grieved me for its measure of truth. While I wish to make as many people as possible aware of it the problems that confront us, I know so many are oblivious to it. I hope you don’t get discouraged, but instead...
Over the years I have found the wisdom of others usually surpasses my own. The rant below comes from a dear friend that lives and provides that wisdom to me daily. To be honest, I can’t tell when she sent this to me, but it made such an impression that I just had to...
There is a good reason why the Daily Olympian holds the name The Daily ZIP - it is zero on real news and prefers to publish the far left propaganda as news and opinion. The following item should have had an opposing column to give some balance. The headline to the opposing column could...
Apparently spreading the word of Islam and LGBT is OK to teach kindergarten students in public schools, but heaven forbid anyone should have the audacity to bring a Bible to show and tell! June 13, 2004 update: A project sponsored by Muslim American Society, begun in April 2003, is titled “ Understanding the Muslim...
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