The major Vatican summit (or “synod”) on marriage and the family, which begins Sunday, will be characterized by “broad-ranging freedom of expression” and “respect for every position,” says Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, the synod’s organizer. These remarks came after a period
Proving once again that too many labor unions are either anti-science or only interested in destroying the companies that employ the people they’re supposed to represent, Local 32035, the union representing Washington Post employees, is attacking and mocking Post owner
The best sex is transgressive. It breaks rules. Sometimes, the impulse to be deviant or sexually disruptive can turn to dysfunction, as in the case of paedophiles or rapists. But in all sexual contact, however tepid and domesticated, there is
Speaking at the National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver on July 3rd, Colorado Education Association (CEA) President Kerrie Dallman referred to the school district of Jefferson County (JeffCo) – where teachers have staged
Social and economic development has long been touted as the way to revive the fortunes of Nigeria’s impoverished north and prevent legions of disaffected young men turning to radical Islam. But Boko Haram violence has scuppered progress, particularly from one
Investigators are looking into threats reportedly made against the children of members of the board of education of Jefferson County, Colorado (JeffCo), where thousands of students have walked out of classes to protest what they have been told is an
The Jefferson County Education Association (JCEA) teachers’ union plan to use hundreds of students as pawns in their endeavor to exert control over the district’s school board was organized by a specialist funded by the National Education Association (NEA), one
If you thought the Union-led recall campaign against Scott Walker would be his toughest race – you were wrong. A new independent poll shows that he is in a TIE with his Democratic opponent for re-election. And it’s because national
Dozens of students walked out of classes in Jefferson County, Colorado high schools Tuesday, but likely not for the reason they were apparently led to believe. According to the Associated Press, students were protesting “a conservative-led school board proposal to
When one talks Republican policy and politics, from the size and cost of government to the role of some notoriously out-sized GOP enemies such as public sector unions, including in education, there may not be a more critical battle space
When one talks Republican policy and politics, from the size and cost of government to the role of some notoriously out-sized GOP enemies such as public sector unions, including in education, there may not be a more critical battle space nationally-speaking,
Per a new Politico report, “Democrats love to cast Republicans as the party of big money, beholden to the out-of-touch billionaires bankrolling their campaigns. But new numbers tell a very different story — one in which Democrats are actually raising more big
Labour has signalled an apparent end to the concept of meritocracy in British public jobs if it wins next year’s general election, as Gloria de Piero MP announces local and national government will be required to keep records of employees
Though California’s Republican Party is fighting for its survival, California’s Democrats are struggling with deep divisions that have come to the surface in the race for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Though the office is technically nonpartisan, the superintendent’s race is
As John Sexton related on Friday, the Justice Department hasn’t been able to find anything liking New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to the “Bridgegate” scandal (and you know Eric Holder’s people were very, very keen to find such a linkage.)
To hear the incessant liberal bleating about the Koch Brothers – Senator Harry Reid commandeers the floor of the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body at least once a week to rail against them, secure in the knowledge his targets can’t sue
On Monday, it was announced that 50 workers from the Golden Gate Bridge District would go on a one-day labor strike Tuesday to voice their disdain with recent proposals surrounding wages and health care premiums. Unions are saying a proposed
Scottish soldiers living temporarily abroad, either in barracks in the UK or at British bases abroad, have expressed “fury” at being denied the vote in next week’s referendum over the future of a country they hope to return to after
California is home to the most liberal legislature in the country. The legislature has now adjourned for the year, but not before putting hundreds of bills on the Governor’s desk. Among them are a great many terrible bills that claw
Back in 2009 the Milwaukee District Attorney launched a far-reaching and secret investigation into a then soon-to-be elected Governor Scott Walker, his staff, and several Wisconsin conservative groups. The governor and his allies always maintained that the investigation was little
PARIS (AP) — Things can’t get much worse for French President Francois Hollande: The economy is lagging; his new government is already under fire; and his private life has just been exposed in a ravaging book by the former first
For the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal judge has upheld the rights of citizens of a state to preserve its law defining marriage as the
The evening before the first, and likely only, debate in the race for governor of California, Neel Kashkari released a mini documentary film attacking Jerry Brown for his ties to the California Teacher’s Association (CTA) and blasting him for his
Hong Kong students announced plans Thursday to hold a week-long strike in response to Beijing’s refusal to grant the semi-autonomous city universal suffrage. Activists in the former British colony had their hopes for genuine democracy crushed after China announced on
HOUSTON, Texas – The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Houston (“METRO“) has been sued by a decorated Master Peace Officer and immediate past statewide president of the Fraternal Order of Police (“FOP“). The officer has sued for harassment, racial discrimination, and
