The media are having a field day criticizing the lobbyists for Enron, but they are overlooking the most effective special-interest lobbyists ever to function in Washington. They have met with high- ranking administration officials, they directly … [Read more...] about Special-Interest Lobbyists Overlooked By The Media
Education Reporter — March 2002
How Public School Curriculum Has Changed! — March 2002
How Public School Curriculum Has Changed! Obsession with Nosy Questionnaires Many parents assume that the tests given to their children in public school are only for educational purposes. To the contrary, for many years schools … [Read more...] about How Public School Curriculum Has Changed! — March 2002
Public School Isn’t Like I Remember It
Public schools seem to be obsessed with requiring students to fill out nosy questionnaires. The latest outrage, entitled “How Am I?”, asked 55 intrusive questions of New Jersey 7th and 8th graders. Here are a few of the nosy questions. … [Read more...] about Public School Isn’t Like I Remember It
How Did We Get A Federal Curriculum?
Behind frequent protestations by public officials about local control of the schools, a federal curriculum has been quietly imposed by law. All the pieces are now in place for this major goal of the Clinton Administration. Elementary and secondary … [Read more...] about How Did We Get A Federal Curriculum?
Education Reporter — February 2002
Ohio Tackles Evolution Controversy
How the subject of evolution is treated in the classroom has emerged again as a source of controversy, this time in the Ohio State Board of Education. Until now, Ohio public schools have not mandated any direct teaching about the … [Read more...] about Ohio Tackles Evolution Controversy
Feminism Meets Terrorism
One of the unintended consequences of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was the dashing of feminist hopes to make America a gender-neutral or androgynous society. New York City's fireMEN dared to charge up the … [Read more...] about Feminism Meets Terrorism
Does America Have A Future?
The establishment and the media elite would rather that the American people not read Patrick Buchanan's new book “The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization." That's … [Read more...] about Does America Have A Future?
Education Reporter — January 2002
