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  • Everything (the GOP does) is Racist

    Or at least so says the Left.  Bill Maher is only the latest: HBO host and Obama donor Bill Maher has accused journalists like NBC’s Tom Brokaw of encouraging the birther movement by failing to label it as racist. In a blog post endorsing Chris Matthews’ recent on-air attack against RNC chairman Reince Priebus during MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Maher…

  • Fallout of China’s One Child Policy

    I’d not thought of this: … The reason Chinese savings levels are so high is the one-child policy. In most developing countries the way that people save is they have multiple children hopefully to generate a gaggle of grandchildren all of whom are trained to respect their elders. Given most people did not live to…

  • How to Help Black Kids Graduate? Vouchers!

    Since CTU is out on strike, this appears to be timely. Educational choice is the civil rights movement of our generation. Then look at a breathtaking new study from researchers at the Brookings Institution and Harvard University. Brookings fellow Matthew M. Chingos and Harvard government professor Paul E. Peterson tracked 1,363 New York elementary school…

  • Teachers’ Unions vs. Children

    When schoolchildren start paying union dues, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children. — Albert Shanker, former president of the United Federation of Teachers I wrote about this before, how the truth is that CTU, WEAC, and all other teacher’s unions have a fiduciary duty to the union members.  The union cannot do anything…

  • U.S. Department of Education: 79% of Chicago 8th Graders Not Proficient in Reading

    Seventy-nine percent of the 8th graders in the Chicago Public Schools are not grade-level proficient in reading, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and 80 percent are not grade-level proficient in math. via CNS News. Very… very… sad. Teachers make over $60/hour.  Get awesome benefits.  Not getting the job done.  On strike demanding more…

  • The Unemployment Farce: Only 42% of People Working

    Worst news ever!! The number of Americans whom the U.S. Department of Labor counted as “not in the civilian labor force” in August hit a record high of 88,921,000.  … In July, there were 155,013,000 in the U.S. civilian labor force. In August that dropped to 154,645,000—meaning that on net 368,000 people simply dropped out…

  • Race at DNC – Button Says it Plainly

  • You’re Being Watched by Your Government

    Back in July I wrote about how your government was utilizing all kinds of technology to spy on you.  At the time it appeared to just be speculation; now we know it to be true. Part I The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is suing the Justice Department for details of last month’s ruling by a…

  • Thoughts on Colorado – Freedom vs. Safety

    This is was written as a comment on this NYT piece.  I’ve made it much longer here because the NYT limits space. — Restricting access to firearms will never stop these kinds of attacks.  As a society we need to resolve ourselves that some people are crazy and will drive cars into crowds, shoot other…

  • St. Charles School Group Hates Class Rankings

    Members of the St. Charles District 303 school community want to eliminate class rank at the high schools and expand foreign language and technology offerings at all levels, according to a report released Monday. The information was compiled from several community meetings this year. via chicagotribune.com. Well this is easy right? About 2% of the…