Government's stealth tyranny. We now have less than one year until the 2016 presidential election. Despite the dire state of our nation, however, you can rest assured that none of the problems that continue to undermine our freedoms will be addressed in any credible way by the presidential candidates—certainly not if doing so might ... MORE
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Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Watch The Amazing 'Love Gov' Series
See all five episodes. Love Gov portrays the federal government as an
overbearing boyfriend — Scott “Gov” Govinsky — who foists his “good
intentions” on a hapless, idealistic college student, Alexis. Each
episode follows Alexis's relationship with Gov as his intrusions wreak
(comic) havoc on her life, professionally, financially, and socially.
Alexis's loyal ... MORE
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economics,
education,
government,
housing,
incentives,
NSA,
privacy,
student debt,
surveillance
John W Whitehead: The Real Issues You Won't Hear From The 2016 Presidential Candidates This Election Year
The tyranny behind the curtain. We now have less than one year until the 2016 presidential election. Despite the dire state of our nation, however, you can rest assured that none of the problems that continue to undermine our freedoms will be addressed in any credible way by the presidential candidates—certainly not if doing so might ... MORE
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asset forfeiture,
debt,
education,
government,
police state,
spending,
surveillance,
SWAT,
war
Thomas Sowell: Ignoring The Obvious
To know and not to do is not to know. A recent, widely publicized incident in which a policeman was called
to a school classroom to deal with a disruptive student has provoked all
sorts of comments on whether the policeman used "excessive force." What has received far less attention, though it is a far larger
question, with more sweeping ... MORE
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academic,
behavior,
education,
political correctness,
public school,
schools,
students,
violence
John Stossel: How The State Cashes In On Fear
This Halloween, what do you fear? I fear fear itself because when we are afraid, we willingly give away our freedoms. Global warning? More power to the EPA! 9/11? Vote 100 to 0 to create a TSA! Kids don't learn? Common Core! Crime up? Spend on police! (Or for leftists: increase welfare!) Immigrants? Seal the border! Ebola? More money and ... MORE
School Choice Can Help Quell Urban Violence
by Lewis M. Andrews. What is most remarkable about reports of escalating urban violence across America is that politicians and the media remain just as narrowly focused on police tactics in the aftermath of Ferguson and Baltimore. Even as 2015 murder rates for Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City (Missouri), New Orleans, St. Louis, Washington, DC, ... MORE
Ahmed Mohamed's Ordeal IS The Case For School Choice
by Nick Gillespie. The story of Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas 9th-grader who was handcuffed and arrested after bringing a homemade clock to MacArthur High to show a teacher, is enraging. As Reason's Robby Soave has noted, xenophobia and zero-tolerance policies created a stew more toxic than anything ever served in a school cafeteria. In my new ... MORE
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education,
police state,
policy,
public school,
school choice,
schools,
students,
zero tolerance
Walter E Williams: Attack on Teachers
School violence is going to get worse. As the new school year begins, you might like to be updated on some school happenings that will no doubt be repeated this academic year. After this update, I have some questions one might ask the black leadership. The ongoing and escalating assault on primary- and secondary-school teachers is not a ... MORE
Whitney Neal: Igniting A Passion For Liberty
Through classroom engagement. While initially penned on parchment paper, the Constitution transcends time and technology to remain one of the most influential and inspirational documents in the history of the world. Issues debated in Philadelphia by the Founders are still argued in the halls of Congress with a vigor and passion ... MORE
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academic,
Bill Of Rights,
Constitution,
education,
individual liberty,
principles,
schools,
students
Walter E Williams: Why Home Schooling?
Imparting values along with knowledge. Many public primary and secondary schools are dangerous places. The Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics show that in 2012, there were about 749,200 violent assaults on students. In the 2011-12 academic ... MORE
Common Core: Who's Watching the Kids?
by Mary Anne Marcella and Cort Wrotnowski. Common Core is about more than just a shift in educational standards. The architects of Common Core have always planned to integrate computer technology with Common Core standards under the guise of “closing the digital divide” and “preparing our children for the 21st-century workplace.” They ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Historical Ignorance II - The Real Lincoln
We call the war of 1861 the Civil War. But is that right? A civil war
is a struggle between two or more entities trying to take over the
central government. Confederate President Jefferson Davis no more sought
to take over Washington, D.C., than George Washington sought to take
over London in 1776. Both wars, those of 1776 and 1861, ... MORE
How Student Loans Create Demand For Useless Degrees
by Josh Grossman. Last week, former Secretary of Education and US Senator Lamar Alexander wrote in the Wall Street Journal
that a college degree is both affordable and an excellent investment.
He repeated the usual talking point about how a college degree increases
lifetime earnings by a million dollars, “on average.” That part about
averages is ... MORE
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borrowing,
careers,
college,
economics,
education,
incentives,
loans,
student debt,
students
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