Student Teaching: The Site Staff

I student-taught at a local high school, a miserable experience which ended with me getting the boot after six abortive weeks. The credential advisor chided and comforted me in one throw: "You simply were not ready." Yet the year of study, of provisional...

Obama's Biggest Mistake: Making Himself the Story

President Obama, one of the vainest politicians in the last ten years, has finally admitted one mistake that he made — although there are many more he needs to acknowledge, like the failed stimulus, the rise in unemployment, and even more so for minorities, as...

Condi for VP — Not Gonna Happen

Condoleeza Rice was a superb Secretary of State. She is forward and out-spoken, but she is also pro-choice, a non-starter with the GOP base and Establishment, two constituencies which are essential as well as crucial to Romney's victory in November. To frustrate...

San Bernardino: A Vow of Poverty

With a $46 million deficit, San Bernardino is the third city in California to file for bankruptcy. The easy-breezy paydays to public sectors has come to an end. At least two other saintly cities, San Diego and San Jose, did not sit idly by while the public sector...

Ryan: Possible VP Pick?

Of all the Congressmen who oppose Obama’s failed agenda, Congressman Ryan stands out as the only legislator who articulated the concerns of the American people: “The voters have spoken, Mr. President. You just aren’t listening.” As chairman of the House Budget...