Not long ago I wrote “Save a School-Fire a Teacher?” about a failing school district that fired all of its teachers in response to the outrageous demands from the teacher’s union.
Bill Maher has a different take on the situation. Maher writes in the Huffington Post:
“Fire the bad teachers, hire good ones from some undisclosed location, and [...]
Bill Maher’s HuffPo Column: “Firing All the Teachers May Feel Good–We’re Americans, Kicking People When They’re Down is What We do”
March 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dan Rather Stumbles, Chris Matthews Fumbles Over Watermelons and Racism
March 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’m not a slapstick fan. Honestly, much to my family’s dismay, I really don’t care to watch “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Where, I would venture to guess, most of the action is preceded by the phrase, “Hey, hold my beer—an’ watch this…”
Although, I did find it slightly amusing and very telling, to watch Chris Matthews [...]
Old Hippies Never Die—They Just Continue to Cause a Stink in Washington
March 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The generation that burned their bras, fried their brains on acid, and brought you the sexually transmitted revolution, has at last outgrown slinging feces at returning war heroes and have found a new cause to “risk jail” for—socialized medicine.
John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies, wrote a column yesterday in the Huffington Post [...]
Save a School–Fire a Teacher? Part 2
March 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If you missed part one, you can catch up here.
When Central Falls, a “persistently low performing” High School in Rhode Island fired 74 teachers along with other union members, the teachers’ union called the action:
“Immoral, illegal, unjust, irresponsible disgraceful, and disrespectful.”
No, what is immoral, illegal, unjust, irresponsible and disgraceful is to promote a radical agenda [...]
Save a School–Fire a Teacher? Part 1
March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It was 1987, and there I sat, with my son’s teacher, the principal, and a social worker. We were all sitting in chairs designed for third grade bottoms, shuffling papers, and discussing “my son’s” academic failures. I was quickly getting the impression that I had missed the first meeting; the one where all of the [...]
School-Issued Laptops: Over-Reaching Arm Into Your Home Or Prying Eye Into Your Child’s Bedroom
February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The dream of most schools, to be able to issue laptops to every student, has become a disturbing nightmare for thousands of parents and students in one of the wealthiest public school districts in the nation.
When more than 2,000 Apple MacBook laptops were distributed to the students in a Pennsylvania High School, parents were not [...]
HuffPo: Nanny State Saves Poor Children, and Money–The Left’s Morality
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If you want a good example of job creation by the government, look into the field of Early Childhood Education.
Perennial studies of “poor children” and their achievement gaps, are always cropping up to provide the Left with a bouquet of social programs. Which of course, translates into job security and a moral platform for the [...]
Chris Matthews May Have Accidentally Said Something Smart
February 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Every mother has at least one story of a child that says something embarrassingly truthful; unexpectedly exposing a family secret. After the initial redness fades, it usually falls into the family memory bank; to be later withdrawn at family gatherings.
When a politician does it, it’s called a gaffe. Although the redness doesn’t usually appear until [...]
