Every now and then, I kind of feel sorry for President Obama. If there’s anyone that has seen bad schools, it would be a community organizer from the south side of Chicago. President Obama has rolled out a series of
California is facing nearly The Toughest of Times. We face historically high unemployment, perennial budget crises and more. Don’t think it could get any worse? Think again. If Jerry Brown is elected, in one short stroke, he could deal a
With no shock and awe and little pomp and circumstance, China has declared war on the world. Having watched the Gulf Wars on CNN, Americans are accustomed to wars fought with jets, battleships, tanks and infantry. We constantly are on
George Soros, celebrity hedge fund billionaire and darling of the left, has been a busy man the last fifteen years. While his capitalistic business ventures that began in the 1970s may have brought him his fortune and international financial fame,
It appears the millions of dollars the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers spent electing President Obama and a Democratic Congress is turning out to be a bad investment, because the Democrats in power failed to deliver
The near collapse of our financial institutions and the overall economy and the misguided notion that a few trillion dollars of additional federal spending would return us to prosperity moved us in early 2009 to suggest an alternate approach. We
American Federation of Teachers’ president Randi Weingarten’s new line is, “suddenly, everyone’s an education expert.” She first trotted this phrase out in response to a positive review of the upcoming documentary film, “Waiting for Superman,” posted on the liberal Huffington
These days, any time unions go all out to push anything, you can bet there’s a hidden agenda. Take for example the newly enacted “financial reform legislation” that gives unions the ability (through their pension funds) to put union activists
If only they were as determined to cut spending. Alas, Congressional Democrats are hell-bent on taking care of their friends in the teachers unions. The original $23 billion “Education Jobs Fund,” or “public schools bailout,” in the words of American
I’m mad as hell, and I’m going to do something about it. I’ve been to Missouri quite a few times since becoming “Joe the Plumber”: Rolling hills, farmland, beautiful rivers, vibrant cities, honest people. So I’m not in the least
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is conflict with itself. Like all unions, although it’s ostensibly in existence to help the little people, what’s really happening is that prominent members of SAG are making a killing without any real redistribution of
The dysfunction within the ranks of Washington D.C. Democrats is growing worse. On the left, there is the president of the United States, trying to secure continued funding for troops in battle and to protect an education reform program. On
From the Wall Street Journal: In Atlanta, Timothy Baker, a 40-year-old unemployed warehouse worker, says his money-making strategy has been to walk picket lines for $8.50 an hour for the Southeastern Carpenters Regional Council. “It’s something to do until you
How bad are things in Detroit? Not a single person stepped forward to run for the Detroit school board. Facing extinction, citizens thought better than jumping aboard a sinking ship. And it’s with good reason. A story just released by
Money will make a whore out of just about anyone, apparently even unionized teachers. The American Federation of Teachers recently passed a resolution at its annual convention which demands an immediate cessation of American activities in Afghanistan. From the Democratic
It was April 15, 2009 when Speaker Pelosi pronounced the Tea Party protests as fake, using the term AstroTurf (as in phony grass roots). [youtube P44q7Jt68DA nolink] The entire MSM covered that story and many worked overtime to brand the
The recent rants of the leader of the New Black Panther Party, (“I hate white people! Every last iota of a cracker I hate….” ) couldn’t have been more amusing. That is before justifying the killing of some cracker children.
Other than the Klan, is there a more useless organization in American than the NAACP? Violent crime in black urban communities remains unsettling, the learning gap between black and other students still exists, marriage is all but nonexistent among poor
[Ed. Note: There’s been a lot of attention in the entertainment media lately about the death of the movie star. But because the entertainment media is just as out of touch with reality as any movie stars we felt they
It’s well understood that the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association are far-left organizations. While many of their members don’t pay much attention to the tactics and vitriol of the teachers unions, virtually every single public school
Jesse ‘Jacko’ Jackson is accusing Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert of behaving like a slave master. “He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers,” the reverend said in a release from his Chicago-based
Today the Senate returns to session having not yet addressed Senator Chuck Schumer’s troubling legislation, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act (“DISCLOSE Act”). Senator Schumer sought and failed to pass the DISCLOSE Act –
At Washington D.C. news conference, held at the Offices of the Center for American Progress, archeologists working for the Smithsonian Institution have announced an incredible discovery, a revised copy of the U.S Constitution dated 1790. This document was passed by
Jerry Brown, candidate for Governor of California, appeared on Chris Matthews’ Hardball and deflected a question about the strength of public employees’ unions by attacking Tea Party members.
The children eager to attend Harlem Success Academies don’t care about partisan politics or ideological turf wars. They just want the best education possible. “The Lottery,” a new documentary by Madeleine Sackler, showcases families desperate for an alternative to the
