by Kimberly Garrison. I know that I will probably get some flack for this, but I just can't hold my tongue any longer on this issue of female Marines participating in combat. I've been following this story closely for the past two years, and let's just say that this is where the egalitarian rubber meets the road. If you haven't been following the story, ... MORE
Showing posts with label standards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label standards. Show all posts
Men And Women The Same? Tell It To The Marines
by Kimberly Garrison. I know that I will probably get some flack for this, but I just can't hold my tongue any longer on this issue of female Marines participating in combat. I've been following this story closely for the past two years, and let's just say that this is where the egalitarian rubber meets the road. If you haven't been following the story, ... MOREDaren Jonescu Explains The Reign Of Idiots And Criminals
"The American majority has, it sadly seems, been insulated against all moral shock by generations of public education, moronic popular entertainment, and a carefully cultivated mass cynicism that responds to all outrages with a shrug and a chorus of “They all do it.”Stephanie Simon: Why Our Teachers Can't Teach
Long awaited report reveals an ugly truth. The U.S. teacher training system is
badly broken, turning out rookie educators who have little hands-on
experience running classrooms and are quickly overwhelmed by the job,
according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality. The review found "an ... MORENY Parents Demand Schools Dumb Down
Boycott planned against new math and English tests. New York state education officials have been sounding the alarm for months: English and math tests that students will take this week and next will be harder than before and scores will drop. A video from the state Education Department warns, "We expect them to be lower." Statewide, ... MORERick Moran: The Upside To Sequestration?
Government carries forward its own momentum. Matthew Cooper writing at the National Journal: Everyone agrees that sequestration is asinine, but Washington is increasingly resigned to it. Other deadlines have been met by fevered last-minute negotiations and, mercifully, avoidance of calamity. This time there's less urgency and more sighs. There is an ... MORESupreme Court Approves Search Warrants Issued By Dogs
by Jacob Sullum. The
U.S. Supreme Court unanimously
ruled that "a court can presume" an alert by a drug-sniffing
dog provides probable cause for a search "if a bona fide
organization has certified a dog after testing his reliability in a
controlled setting" or "if the dog has recently and successfully
completed a training program that evaluated his ... MOREWalter E Williams: Our Deviant Society
Watch out for falling standards. Here's one usage of the term gentleman: The gentleman helped the fallen lady to her feet. Here's another, one we might hear from a newscaster or a police spokesman: Tonight we report on the arrest of two gentlemen who raped, sodomized and murdered an 80-year-old woman. During earlier times, to be c ... MORE
REPORT: EPA Regs Could Cost 887,000 Jobs A Year
Economic green death dispensed by government agency. Environmental Protection Agency regulations will contribute to projected shutdowns of up to 69,000 megawatts of coal-fueled electric generation and job losses of up to 887,000 jobs per year, according to a report. Total compliance costs for the electric sector could be ... MORE
The Accounting Trick That Will Haunt Public Pensions
Encouragement for riskier investments. State and local government employee pensions around the country are significantly underfunded. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), which is the closest thing that comes to a regulator of public pensions, tells them, through its accounting rules, that the single best thing pensions can do to ... MOREGovernment-Subsided Automaker Recalls Hybrid Firetrap
by Becket Adams. Electric-car maker Fisker Automotive is recalling all of its $100,000 Karma sports sedans to fix cooling fans that can catch fire. The recall comes after Fisker and a private fire investigation firm finished probing an Aug. 10 fire in a Karma in Woodside, Calif. It was the second of its kind. The company said the probe found that the blaze started in ... MORE
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