It was clear to me during a phone call this morning that Pat Jones of the public affairs office at Fort Jackson, S.C., was a bit surprised to read media reports this morning in which Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) was quoted as saying that a group of translators had been cleared of any involvement in [...]
Did Congressman Wilson Speak Too Soon About Alleged Food Supply Poisoning Plot at Army Post?
March 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Republican Calls Obama ‘Liar’ on National TV! (Update)
September 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Thanks to Rep. Joe Wilson, a post I published almost five months ago about the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (a.k.a., “Card Check”) is receiving a lot of page views tonight. Why? Because the South Carolina Republican was courageous enough to call President Barack Obama a liar on the floor of the U.S. House of [...]
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Senator Issues Alert on Health Care Reform
May 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Editor’s Note: Below is the text of an e-mail message I received from Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) at 1:43 p.m. Central today. I opt to share it with you in light of the president’s recent push to launch a health care reform effort. May 14, 2009 Dear Friend, It is now clear that Congress and [...]
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Card Check Measure Threatens Jobs, Democracy (Updated)
April 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
In a recent editorial published in the Aiken (S.C.) Standard, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) explains what’s wrong with efforts to do away with the use of secret ballots in elections that will decide whether or not a workplace is unionized. Excerpts of that editorial appear below: Each individual would be required to publicly declare their [...]
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Russian Solves College Football Playoff Dilemma (Updated)
December 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Igor Panarin, a Russian academic whose prediction of the United States’ demise in 2010 made him the subject of a Wall Street Journal article today, may have unwittingly provided those calling for a college football playoff with a solution. Put politics aside for the moment and take a look at Panarin’s 2010 map of the [...]
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Voters Offered Remedy for ‘Electile Dysfunction’
November 7th, 2008 · No Comments
On the day the South Carolina Presidential Primary and Nevada Presidential Caucus were held in January, I published a post, ‘Electile Dysfunction’ Captured in Poetry, featuring a poem of political humor by Russ Vaughan. Today, I came across some more political humor on the web site of my friend, Jan Mickelson, who hosts WHO-AM 1040′s [...]
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‘Closer Look at Teacher Salaries’ Revealing
April 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I happened across a great article on the public education system today. It comes from South Carolina and begins this way: The State Newspaper ran an article on Monday with the heart-wrenching title: Teachers take 2nd jobs to help make ends meet. The story primarily focuses on one young teacher (she works at the restaurant [...]
Tags: · bureaucratic administration, instructional spending, school choice, South Carolina, teacher salaries, teachers, The State, the state newspaper
