White House Visitors Log Shows Where Influence Lies
In a rare, but trivial, display of actual transparency amidst efforts to keep many of their more significant actions below boards, the Obama administration has released the log of visitors to the White...
View ArticleSEIU Targets Tea Party Candidates in Illinois
In an interesting display of political muscle, the SEIU has added a new tactic to its activism against the Tea Party movement with the launch of a website targeting three candidates in tomorrow's...
View ArticleCampaign Finance Laws are Absurd – Throw Them All Out!
I've recently been exposed to several examples of campaign finance laws in action here in Texas and it has become clear to me that these laws are inconsistent, arbitrary, and absurd. They seem to serve...
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Movie Review: Waiting for “Superman”
Last week, I attended an advanced screening of Waiting for “Superman” here in Miami. Though the film opened in selected markets on September 24th, the Miami official opening was slated for a few days...
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French Pension Reform: Street Corner Garbage And Economics
-Marseille, France- Marseille is certainly a beautiful place. It’s no wonder why so many people all around the world aim to retire in the south of France. The weather is tolerable, streets are filled...
View ArticleWorkers: No Union; No Voice.
That the current confrontation in Wisconsin between Republican Governor Scott Walker, the Republican controlled Wisconsin State Legislature, and unionized government workers is now being repeated in a...
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A Defense of Education Inspired By Jon Stewart’s Interview With Diane Ravitch
The state of America’s education is in the toilet, and overpaid, ineffective teachers are to blame. Or so one might assume based on the national consensus of the past few years. But Diane Ravitch, who...
View ArticleThe Impossible Candidate
Much has been said about how the Republican rank and file is viewing this election cycle’s presidential candidates with something less than enthusiasm, but no one’s addressed exactly why it is that the...
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My Father Built This: A Labor Day Reflection
My father was a construction electrician. Attending trade school after World War II under the GI Bill (he was in the Army Air Force, serving in North Africa), he then apprenticed through the electrical...
View ArticleTake Your Twinkie and Shove It!
Ten years ago, my English professor talked about the the “dumbing down of America”. He addressed the fallen educational standards allowed in our primary and secondary education system. I think it has...
View ArticleBook Review: Revolution In Seattle by Harvey O’Connor
“A toast, to the 47 states of the Union, and to the Soviet of Washington,” Postmaster General James A. Farley (1936). Drummer Bill Reiflin, who is probably best known for his work with Ministry, spent...
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A Defense of Education Inspired By Jon Stewart’s Interview With Diane Ravitch
The state of America’s education is in the toilet, and overpaid, ineffective teachers are to blame. Or so one might assume based on the national consensus of the past few years. But Diane Ravitch, who...
View ArticleMy Father Built This: A Labor Day Reflection
My father was a construction electrician. Attending trade school after World War II under the GI Bill (he was in the Army Air Force, serving in North Africa), he then apprenticed through the electrical...
View ArticleBook Review: Revolution In Seattle by Harvey O’Connor
“A toast, to the 47 states of the Union, and to the Soviet of Washington,” Postmaster General James A. Farley (1936). Drummer Bill Reiflin, who is probably best known for his work with Ministry, spent...
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A Defense of Education Inspired By Jon Stewart’s Interview With Diane Ravitch
The state of America’s education is in the toilet, and overpaid, ineffective teachers are to blame. Or so one might assume based on the national consensus of the past few years. But Diane Ravitch, who...
View ArticleMy Father Built This: A Labor Day Reflection
My father was a construction electrician. Attending trade school after World War II under the GI Bill (he was in the Army Air Force, serving in North Africa), he then apprenticed through the electrical...
View ArticleBook Review: Revolution In Seattle by Harvey O’Connor
“A toast, to the 47 states of the Union, and to the Soviet of Washington,” Postmaster General James A. Farley (1936). Drummer Bill Reiflin, who is probably best known for his work with Ministry, spent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Defense of Education Inspired By Jon Stewart’s Interview With Diane Ravitch
The state of America’s education is in the toilet, and overpaid, ineffective teachers are to blame. Or so one might assume based on the national consensus of the past few years. But Diane Ravitch, who...
View ArticleMy Father Built This: A Labor Day Reflection
My father was a construction electrician. Attending trade school after World War II under the GI Bill (he was in the Army Air Force, serving in North Africa), he then apprenticed through the electrical...
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