About the time I began homeschooling my two sons 12 years ago, there was a spoof of a “news” story circulating around the internet on homeschool discussion boards. The fake newspaper article was a send-up of every argument leveled against homeschooling by teachers’ unions and other advocates for public education who insisted homeschooling needed to […]
Government vs Capitalism OR Crony Capitalism? What Can We Do About Greed?
A lot of people are talking about the Occupy Wall Street movement and we did publish an article about the OccupyLincoln movement this weekend. One of the central themes one can detect within this movement regards “corporate greed”, and it started with a specific criticism of the corporate greed on Wall Street and its influences […]
Is It Heartless or Just Lawless? Right and Wrong in a Whatever World
What follows is the story of two parents. One is a citizen of the United States, born and bred here, currently living in Ohio. The other is a person who was born in another country and crossed the border into the United States illegally, bringing his or her children along. Both parents placed their children […]
Comment on GiN Site Reveals Troubling Attitudes of Too Many
“Unions exist to protect workers and ensure that our children receive a quality education and that those who work for the state and educate your children live healthy, decent lives. I am opposed to CIR reform. The CIR is not the source of the problem. CEO salaries are the source of the problem.” The above […]
E Pluribus Unum? LPS Thinks Not So Much.
Is there such a thing as American culture anymore, or has the push for “multiculturalism” essentially destroyed the values, traditions, beliefs, and experiences we, as Americans, once commonly held? In an October 2, 2010, article in the local paper, Lincoln Public Schools touted its hiring of four “advocates” to represent African-American and Hispanic students within […]
A Republic If You Can Keep It
The story goes that Benjamin Franklin was approached by a woman as he left the Constitutional Convention 1 Recorded by Constitution signer James McHenry in his diary which was reprinted in 1906. Reference.. She asked: “What have you given us?” Franklin is said to have replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” This exchange […]
In the News: Week of September 23-30, 2009
In Nebraska Nebraska’s Opinion on K-12 Education and School Choice By Paul DiPerna; September 24, 2009 Across the Country CAP AND TRADE: Boxer-Kerry Unveil Their Energy Tax Bill: Incomplete But Still Very Harmful By Nick Loris; September 30, 2009 In the Wake of Cap and Trade, We Can Learn Something from Wyoming By Nick Lorris; […]
Send a Message About Sept. 8 Presidential Address SKIP SCHOOL & P.A.S.S.!
Kevin Elliot of LA came up with a beautiful idea regarding the President’s address to schools. A Parent Approved Skip School Day! Included below is part of the official announcement by the White House regarding the intended address and the letter that Kevin will be sending to his child’s school principal. He offers the letter […]
