TUSD Pueblo HS introduces no failure policy
As staff and Board members fight to end social promotion, TUSD’s administration okays a zero failure policy at Pueblo High School. The zero failure policy guarantees a grade of at least 50 percent on any assignment no matter how shoddy the work or whether the student did the work. The new policy reads, “We will [...]
Under the Radar: Erin DeLullo
The first time I met Ken Cuccinelli it was because of the persistence of a lady named Erin DeLullo. She would not leave me alone. She, a long time friend and wife of the Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis (he’d totally write about her if he hadn’t put a ring on her finger then got her [...]
The Department of Labor’s attempt to cover for Obama
What happens when you combine the Budget Control Act of 2011 with huge mandatory cuts in the defense budget? Lots of layoffs and unemployment, that’s what. And what happens – or is supposed to happen – when mass layoffs occur? According to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, there is supposed to [...]
Texas Runoff Elections Open Thread.
Sorry, got caught up in something. Results here: I understand that at this point that’s mostly early voting. Might be a long night.
Statement from Sen. Sylvia Allen on Snowflake mill closing
Senator Allen “Catalyst Paper announced today it is closing its paper mill in Snowflake. The decision means more than 300 people are losing their jobs in September. Hundreds more in the community who do business with the mill will also be impacted by the closure. I am heartbroken by this announcement. These are my friends [...]
Brilliant, Ohio coal plant closes: guess why?
Well, your ability to guess why the Murray Energy Corporation today announced that it is closing a mine in Brilliant, Ohio will be largely dependent on whether you rely on local news or not. If you’re just paying attention to local news… you won’t be told at all why a coal mine that employed 239 people [...]
Obama-care’s IPAB flawed
Many Americans wonder how Obama-care can possibly work. How can the government insure 32 million additional people and provide everybody with all the health care they need without raising the deficit or spending gobs of new money? The answer, in the minds of its creators, is IPAB, the Independent Payment Advisory Board. You may not [...]
Washington insiders support Jeff McFlake
Consumed by fear, career politicians circle the wagons for one of their own “I had hoped to stay out of the Republican senate primary,” proclaims a striving-to-sound-earnest, weary looking Jon Kyl in his most recent ad supporting Jeff Flake. To demonstrate his sincerity, he has doffed his tie and shakes his head in disbelief as [...]
Best News of the Century: Steve LaTourette Retires
“To the extent that we have not reached the level of fiscal dissoluteness of Greece, it is precisely because of the uncompromising “extremists” like the Tea Party.” Most people outside of Congress never heard of 9-term liberal Congressman Steve LaTourette (“R”- OH). But his surprise announcement that he will retire at the end of the [...]
Happy 100th birthday, Milton Friedman!
Today would have been the 100th birthday of pioneering economist, author and school choice advocate Milton Friedman. In honor of the Nobel prize-winning professor, here’s a quick video he made using a simple pencil to show how the free market promotes harmony and world peace. Using a simple pencil, Milton Friedman explains how the free [...]
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