By Jim Mullen Despite its lack of constitutional authority, the federal government relentlessly treads on the educational system with one giant bureaucratic boot after another. The very essence of every federal program is to encourage dependency, dissuade initiative, stifle competition,…
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Ohio House Ed Committee Chair Says….
Ohio House Ed Committee Chair Says He’ll Fight for the Common Core “Kicking and Screaming” Some schools are already teaching the Common Core curriculum, and using Common Core text books like this one. The chair of the Ohio House Education…
Three New Facts About the Tea Party
Many of us received a survey last year asking about your activity in the Liberty Movement, and now we have the results. The first large-scale political-science survey of Tea Party activists shows the movement isn’t going anywhere—and the GOP had…
Gov. Kasich and jobs?
Matt Mayer has written another great insightful article of the ever changing Gov. John Kasich. Matt Mayer: Kasich and jobs? Not working DUBLIN: Gov. John Kasich likes to yell from the Davos mountaintop about the alleged “Ohio Miracle” taking place…
Common Core school standards… being exposed
A great meeting Monday night of the Marietta 912 providing information to families on the issue of Common Core Standards in the schools in OH and WV. Nearly 100 people taking notes and asking questions. If you have never heard…
Immediate Action Items for the Week of 4/22/2013
The Battle in the Senate The state senate will be meeting this week to discuss the budget. The PARCC reference successfully removed in the House was a good start, but we need more on this leg of the journey to…
The Night Watchman
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the desert. Congress said, “Someone could steal from it at night.” So they hired a night watchman to watch it. Then Congress said, “The watchman can’t do his…
On This Date
“By the rude bridge that arched the flood, their flag to April’s breezes unfurled, here once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard round the world.” Ralph Waldo Emerson The battle of Concord Bridge was fought on this…