Public schools condemned for wrong emphasis
Nancy Zuckerbrod and Trevor Thompson - Associated Press Writers - 6/27/2008  var addthis_pub = \’onenewsnow\’;
WASHINGTON -  A large majority of Americans think schools are placing too much emphasis on the wrong subjects, and more than half think they’re doing just a fair job in preparing children [...]

The Imitators: Part III
Thomas Sowell
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Some of the people who are most adamant against outsourcing economic activity from the United States to other countries often seem to think we should outsource our foreign policy to “world opinion” or act only in conjunction “with our NATO allies.”
Like so many things that are said when [...]

Return of the Math Wars
Debra J. Saunders
Sunday, June 22, 2008
1997 saw the height of the Math Wars in California. On the one side stood educrats who advocated mushy math — or new-new math. They sought to de-emphasize math skills, such as multiplication and solving numeric equations, in favor of pushing students to write about math [...]

June 21, 2008
Editorial
Louisiana’s Latest Assault on Darwin

It comes as no surprise that the Louisiana State Legislature has overwhelmingly approved a bill that seeks to undercut the teaching of evolution in the public schools. The state, after all, has a sorry history as a hotbed of creationists’ efforts to inject religious views into science courses. All [...]

Islamic school has notorious alumni
Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 6/20/2008  var addthis_pub = ‘onenewsnow’;

A conservative group says it’s attempting to “lift the veil off the deception” at an Islamic school in Virginia funded by the Saudi government.

The Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) recently held a demonstration outside the Islamic Saudi Academy, which is renting a school [...]

Degrees of Incompetence
Rich Tucker
Friday, June 20, 2008
Well, it’s that time of year again. Students are pouring out of high schools across the country, with most getting ready for the next natural step: college.
In one sense that’s good. Today’s economy requires more people than ever to have college degrees, and studies show those people make more [...]

There was an article in the Review Journal that set forth the salary information respecting UNLV professors. The following is a Letter to The Editor that addresses this article in a fine fashion!
LETTERS: Professors have to teach? The horror!
To the editor:
It made me angry as I read your June 12 article “UNLV caught in pay plight.” [...]

Submitted by: Elizabeth
Subject: Buchanan to Obama
> Buchanan to Obama
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> by: Patrick J. Buchanan
> “<http://www.humanevents.com/search.php?author_name=Patrick+J.+Buchanan>
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> Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America.?
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> Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation. White
> America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to.
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> This time, the Silent Majority needs [...]

Submitted by: Patricia Jackson 
What Will Happen if Obama is Elected President
> > ….. pretty strong stuff [dbs]
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> > The writer of this essay is Jerry Molen. Jerry is a great
> > friend and an Academy Award winning Hollywood Producer. He
> > did Jurassic Park , Hook, Rainman, and many more class
> > movies. [...]

With One Eye on Gasoline and the Economy, Congress Keeps the Other on November
By CARL HULSE

WASHINGTON — Congress is shifting quickly to a general election footing, with lawmakers of both parties intensifying efforts to exploit public alarm about gasoline prices and the economy as a way of making the political case for themselves and [...]