by Tim Worstall. We’ve news from the government that the use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, is on the rise among schoolchildren and teenagers. We might think that this is a health story and it is, but behind it is an interesting little economic point and a guide to public policy. The question really revolves around whether vaping is a substitute ... MORE
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Excellent News As E-Cigarette, Or Vaping, Use Rises
by Tim Worstall. We’ve news from the government that the use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, is on the rise among schoolchildren and teenagers. We might think that this is a health story and it is, but behind it is an interesting little economic point and a guide to public policy. The question really revolves around whether vaping is a substitute ... MORETeen Marijuana Use Down Since Colorado Legalization?
by Michael Minkoff. In a non-intuitive twist, it seems that pot legalization in marijuana has not contributed to a sharp increase in teen marijuana use. In fact, legalization might be contribuing to a drop in teen use: Since the passage of HB10-1284, Colorado’s
historical medical marijuana regulation legislation, current marijuana
use among ... MOREElf On The Shelf Conditions Surveillance State Acceptance
by David McCormack. Best-selling children's book The Elf On The Shelf is a disturbing cultural phenomenon which instills in young children the idea that a surveillance state is perfectly acceptable, claims a university professor. Laura Pinto, a digital technology professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, has published a ... MORE
Ann Marie Banfield: Federalism & Common Core Standards
Will children save the Tenth Amendment? Will federalism get its due in the next generation? Given what's been happening in New Hampshire, one might think so. The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution expresses the principle of federalism: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor ... MOREThe Trials of Growing Up in a Police State
by John W. Whitehead. After a year dominated with news of police shootings of unarmed citizens (including children), SWAT team raids gone awry, photo ops of militarized police shouldering assault rifles while perched on top of armored vehicles, and reports on how the police are using asset forfeiture laws to pad their pockets with luxury cars, ... MOREMinnesota Mom Faces 2 Years In Prison For Saving Her Son
by Matt Agorist. A mother of two is facing jail time for seeking out life saving cannabis oil to treat her son’s horrifying seizures. This nightmare for the Brown family started 3 years ago, when their son Trey, then 12, was hit in the head with a baseball causing a traumatic brain injury. The brain injury has caused severe tremors and episodes in which ... MOREWendy McElroy: The New Gun Suspect: Every School Child
If only there was zero tolerance for nitwittery. Five-year-old Elizabeth of Mobile, Alabama learned two new words last month in kindergarten: suicide and homicide. After drawing what resembled a gun, she pointed her crayon at another child and went "pew, pew." Horrified by the outburst of violence, the school required Elizabeth to fill ... MORE
Children Suspended for Pretending to Smoke Candy
by Lenore Skenazy. California school district considers candy a drug. At least three New Mexico middle school students have been suspended for 10 days for inappropriately consuming Smarties. No, that's not code for some hip new drug; we are talking about the sweet-and-sour candies sold in a roll and given out to unlucky kids on Halloween. The ... MOREGovernment Propaganda Starts In Second Grade
Lies our government tell us in school. Apparently according to a homework sheet being given to our 2nd graders in this country about how to be good citizens, the government gives us our rights. Did you know that? This is what eight-year-old kids are being taught in this country. Wait, did I say taught? I meant being indoctrinated to blindly ... MOREDavid Leonhardt: Football, The Newest Partisan Divide
Dismantling the gridiron. To the list of issues that divide the country along partisan lines, you can add an unusual item: football. Yes, virtually every slice of America still watches football in enormous numbers. But blue America — particularly the highly educated Democratic-leaning areas of major metropolitan areas — is ... MOREWe Don’t Need More Promises, We Just Need Freedom
by Kira Davis. This week Rebel Pundit released
a video featuring four black, Chicago-area activists boldly questioning
the true intentions of Black leadership and the Democrat party in
general. The message resonated so thoroughly that the video went viral
almost immediately, even being played by the likes of Rush Limbaugh. For
me, ... MOREDo People Really Hand Out Pot-Laced Halloween Candy?
by Jacob Sullum. The urban legend continues. Last week the DPD posted a video in which Patrick Johnson, proprietor of Denver's Urban Dispensary, warns that "there's really no way to tell the difference between candy that's infused and candy that's not infused" once the products have been removed from their original packages. ... MOREVegas Schools Want To Teach Masturbation To Little Kids
by Jennifer Kastner. 5 and 6 year olds targeted. Monday's Clark County School District Board of Trustees meeting was
met with a packed room of angry parents who recently discovered possible
updates to the district's sex education curriculum, which could teach
kids as young as five-years-old about topics like masturbation. "We certainly ... MOREA Very Real Introduction To The Growing Police State
by Heather Wilhelm. A few years ago, when my husband and I lived in the Chicago area, we joined a Bible study group through our church. It was a nice, well-mannered, cordial collection of eight couples who met monthly for dinner and discussion. Upon reflection, our approach was a little unorthodox. After about five to 10 minutes of valiant ... MORECynthia Walker: Common Core Is Un-Common & Not Core
Making math hard. I became a math teacher by a circuitous route. My degree is in engineering. I spent five and a half years refurbishing nuclear submarines, and then I quit work to bear, rear, and eventually homeschool our three children. As a homeschool mom, I participated in co-ops, taking turns teaching groups of homeschooled children ... MORE
Lenore Skenazy: 'Just Don't Let Your Kids Play Outside'
Busybodies minding your own business. Children's book author Kari Anne Roy was recently
visited by the Austin police and Child Protective Services for
allowing her son Isaac, age 6, to do the unthinkable: Play outside,
up her street, unsupervised. He'd been out there for about 10 minutes when Roy's doorbell
rang. She opened ... MOREMichelle Obama's Stupid & Tyrannical Snack Rules For Kids
by Victor Skinner. School nutrition experts in Nebraska are struggling to comply with new federal snack regulations championed by First Lady Michelle Obama. “I think we’ve gone too far, too fast,” Diane Zipay, director of nutritional services for the Westside School District told KIETV.com.
“And I don’t think it’s a real-world environment. ... MORE
Cops Say Tasering 8-Year-Old For Tantrum Was Justified
by Vincent Schilling. Two months after an 8-year-old girl was tasered by a Pierre, South
Dakota police officer in October of 2013, Hughes County State’s Attorney
Wendy Kloeppner released a report
which stated “she was satisfied with an independent investigation,
deploying a taser was the best viable way to diffuse the situation,” and
no charges would ... MORE
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