Remember how we were threatened that if the Republican House of Representatives didn't raise the U.S. debt ceiling, the stock market would crash and Standard & Poor's would punish us by downgrading our credit rating? So, the Republicans … [Read more...] about Debt Ceiling Up, S&P Rating Down
Get Government Out of Our House
If Congress can't repeal the law that banishes the Edison light bulb and forces us to buy Chinese-made bulbs we don't like, voters will ask, what was the use in electing a Republican House? Not only are the majority of Americans in favor of … [Read more...] about Get Government Out of Our House
Education Reporter — August 2011
Scandals in the Classroom — August 2011
Scandals in the Classroom Look Who Is Cheating on Tests A national scandal hit the news when Georgia Governor Nathan Deal released a 413-page report describing how hundreds of Atlanta public school teachers and principals had been cheating during … [Read more...] about Scandals in the Classroom — August 2011
Scandals in the Classroom
A national scandal hit the news when Georgia Governor Nathan Deal released a 413-page report describing how hundreds of Atlanta public school teachers and principals had been cheating during the past ten years on standardized tests in order to … [Read more...] about Scandals in the Classroom
Time to Say Goodbye to the WTO
The World Trade Organization just ruled against the United States again. A "dispute resolution panel" of WTO representatives from Pakistan, Portugal and Switzerland ruled that U.S. laws requiring Country Of Origin Labeling (COOL) violate … [Read more...] about Time to Say Goodbye to the WTO
VAWA Must Be Rewritten
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), now up for reauthorization, is in major need of revision. Its billion-dollar-a-year price tag spent by the radical feminists to pursue their ideology and goals (known as feminist pork) make it an embarrassment … [Read more...] about VAWA Must Be Rewritten
Court Wraps Video Games in First Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court got it wrong in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association. This wasn't a First Amendment case; it was a parents' rights case and only Justice Clarence Thomas understood that. The issue was a California law that … [Read more...] about Court Wraps Video Games in First Amendment
Education Reporter — July 2011
States Confront Illegal Alien Problems — July 2011
States Confront Illegal Alien Problems E-Verify, a computer process that makes it fast and easy for employers to check the validity of employees' Social Security numbers to ascertain if they are legal, was created by Congress as a voluntary system. … [Read more...] about States Confront Illegal Alien Problems — July 2011