While most Americans were enjoying nonpolitical fireworks and cookouts over the Fourth of July weekend, 8,923 delegates and 5,469 registered non-delegates to the annual National Education Association (NEA) convention were meeting in Atlanta to gloat … [Read more...] about NEA Convention Delegates Gather to Gloat
Beware of Gifted and Talented Invitations
Any parent will puff up with pride when the school says that his child is "gifted and talented" and should be promoted into a special class with other talented students. But parents would be well advised to disregard the ancient maxim, Don't look a … [Read more...] about Beware of Gifted and Talented Invitations
Education Reporter — July 1997
The Military’s War Over Marriage
The media have been in a feeding frenzy again. It's so much more exciting to cover the military's sex scandals than tedious news such as the budget or Clinton's attempt to expand NATO. Historians may look back and record that Air Force General … [Read more...] about The Military’s War Over Marriage
Education Reporter — June 1997
The Kelly Flinn Flim-Flam
Now we are told that adultery may pay off big for Kelly Flinn. The skillful media campaign managed by her attorney has made her such a celebrity "victim" that he's talking glibly of a book deal and a movie, as well as airline jobs. Dick Morris, … [Read more...] about The Kelly Flinn Flim-Flam
BEATING THE BRA BURNERS
Fifteen years ago, ladies in redhalted the equal rights amendment.A conservative leader gleefully remembers.by Phyllis Schlafly Happy homemaker: Phyllis Schlafly withGOP senators Jesse Helms andOrrin Hatch during the stop ERA fight. A giant … [Read more...] about BEATING THE BRA BURNERS
What’s Going on in the Schoolhouse? — June 1997
What's Going on in the Schoolhouse? President Clinton has been bragging that the current budget deal, agreed to by the Republican Congress headed by Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott, includes the largest increase in federal … [Read more...] about What’s Going on in the Schoolhouse? — June 1997
The Ultimate Reading List – Classics That Endure
Phyllis Schlafly wrote of her successful phonics training system: "My book First Reader was published in 1994 and has been used to teach tens of thousands o f children to read. The hundreds of testimonials I received from parents who used First … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Reading List – Classics That Endure
How K-III Communications Buys a Captive Audience
When people watch television, they certainly are at liberty to channel-surf during the commercials or to use that time to get refreshments or go to the bathroom. How would you feel if the government mandated that you must watch every … [Read more...] about How K-III Communications Buys a Captive Audience