Dr. Susan Berry

McDonalds Corp. conducted its much-publicized one-day, national hiring event Tuesday. Seeking to hire up to 50,000 employees, both full-time and part-time, the fast-food giant and its franchisees state that, while many of the jobs are of the minimum wage variety,

During President Obama’s budget “redo” speech Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden seemed to be nodding off, causing many of us to instantly empathize with him. [youtube RSYilgMf9mM] The president’s speech, though billed as his second 2012 budget presentation, appeared to

First, we all know that Republicans, as well as Democrats, have spent a lot of our money. However, it seems the GOP is slowly trying to turn the ship around, with the help of continued pressure from grass-roots conservatives represented

Let’s understand why school choice is important. As in the free marketplace, competition creates better schools, public as well as private, better teachers, and thus reforms education- unlike pouring billions of dollars of taxpayer money into public schools to get

President Obama officially kicked off his 2012 reelection campaign today. Noticeably absent from his new campaign is the phrase, “Hope and Change,” the hallmark catch phrase of his 2008 successful presidential bid. [youtube f-VZLvVF1FQ] Interestingly, the president appears only briefly

It’s budget time again. And Democrats are once again taking down and dusting off all their human shields and straw people, in order to convince those Americans, who are still unable to think for themselves, that they will die if

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan announced to the American people that the United States had begun bombing Libya. In his statement, President Reagan referred to Libyan dictator, Muammar al-Qaddafi, as a “monstrous murderer.” Here, he described Qaddafi’s heinous crimes against

In the wake of the passage of a continuing resolution (C.R.) by the House and the Senate, that will keep the federal government running for another three weeks, Republican leaders and fiscally conservative members of Congress appear to be not

On March 23, 2011, the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers’ union, will partner with Rock the Vote, a self-professed “nonpartisan” organization, for the first annual Democracy Day. This event is advertised as a celebration of the 40th

Connecticut’s first Democratic governor in 20 years, Dannel Malloy, won his race last November by less than a percentage point, largely because of the public sector unions of the state, who worked tirelessly to have him elected. So, when Malloy

Our country has known a number of struggles and great debates that have further defined us as a nation. We are now in the midst of another one that, in the end, will determine whether taxpayers will continue to be

As the entire nation confronts the problem of unfunded mandates and bloated government spending, individual states are doing the same. Republican governors Chris Christie (New Jersey) and Scott Walker (Wisconsin) are letting government unions know that they can no longer

It is no secret that, since the passage of the healthcare law, the states have been desperately scrambling to figure out how to pay for the millions of people who are to be added to the Medicaid rolls if the

In his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, the President joked about the fact that House Republicans have repealed the Healthcare law, and affirmed his commitment to his administration’s signature piece of legislation. [youtube 5A0ZGZRKBIE] Just one day later,

In the wake of the Arizona shootings, it has been disturbing to see many politicians, journalists, and even a sheriff exploit a national tragedy for political purposes. And, in so doing, many have set themselves up as mental health experts,

The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives has begun the process of repealing the Healthcare law. Some have argued that, because the Senate may not repeal it as well, and the President will likely veto it, the House’s

Amidst the hustle and bustle of the “lame duck” Congress, another law was passed that didn’t quite get the same media coverage as the Bush tax extension “package,” the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and the new START treaty.

It may not be a mere coincidence that, as the government has proceeded to further shift, over recent years, to an economy based on consumption of goods, our education system has continued to decline. The basic Keynesian view of stimulus-

Republicans and conservatives in Connecticut may be feeling like all their friends are having a big party, but they are not invited. While most states in the nation, even some in liberal New England, caught the Tea Party/conservative wave, Connecticut

On Wednesday, the chairman of the Missouri state House Appropriations Committee on Education inserted a provision into the budget for K-12 education that included $8 for aluminum for tin foil hats for the purpose of mocking lawmakers opposed to the