Thanks to Adam Sharp, the University of Missouri-St. Louis — better known as “UMSL” in the big city on the West bank of the Mississippi River — might need to change it’s name to “University of Missouri for Socialism and Liberalism.” The school has been in the news a lot lately after Don Giljum, a [...]
Thuggery Exposed at Missouri Colleges (Update)
May 12th, 2011 · 6 Comments
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Why Are States Embracing Federal Control of Education While Siding Against ObamaCare?
February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment
As evidenced by two recent reports, a chasm exists between the ways state government officials nationwide view federal control of education and health care: On Feb. 2, the Heritage Foundation published an article in which they highlighted the fact that the majority of states (see graphic at right) have succumbed to pressure to adopt national [...]
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Political Unrest Greets Travelers in West Africa
December 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Did you know that, according to news reports like this one, 173 people have died so far this month in post-election violence in Cote d’Ivoire (a.k.a., “Ivory Coast”)? I wouldn’t have paid much attention to the news if not for the fact that I knew someone who arrived in the West African nation just as [...]
Tags: · 1040 initiative, abidjan, cote d'ivorie, Education, Health, ivory coast, political unrest, Political Unrest Greets Travelers in West Africa, post-election violence, third-world country, west africa
How Long Until U.S Students Launch Protests?
December 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments
University students in London are taking to the streets to protest tuition rate increases which, according to an AFP report, will result in students being charged fees of up to 9,000 pounds — or the equivalent of $14,200 or 10,700 Euros — a year. After reading a recently-released report about costs at a number of [...]
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Education Documentaries Ride Wave of Publicity
October 20th, 2010 · 13 Comments
While Waiting for Superman is getting a lot of attention these days as a documentary that exposes the broken state of public education in the United States, another documentary is worth a look as well. The subject of a segment on Fox & Friends this morning, it’s called Not As Good As You Think: The [...]
Tags: · classrooms, documentary, Education, Education Documentaries Ride Wave of Publicity, education documentary, Fox, fox and friends, indoctrination, learning, not as good as you think, teachers unions, the myth of the middle class school, waiting for superman
Senate Must Defeat Law of the Sea Treaty
September 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since launching this blog almost four years ago, I’ve written and published several posts about a dangerous piece of legislation known as the Law of the Sea Treaty. Today, I share the update below about the recent passage of the Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act of 2009 by the U.S. [...]
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Communist Goals Being Met
March 22nd, 2010 · 5 Comments
Many on the political Left remain skeptical about claims from people on the Right that the passage of so-called health care reform (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”) will give socialism a stronger-than-ever foothold in the United States. Perhaps they’ll change their mind after taking a look at at 47-year-old entry into the Congressional Record that shows communist goals [...]
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