by altha-admin | Jun 14, 2015 | Articles
Public Education should be serving the public. Yet looking at the graduation rates, the skill sets of students graduating with diplomas, and the record number of students dropping out altogether, the public should start asking: are schools still public, in that are...
by Arthur Schaper | Jun 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Libertarian columnist John Stossel provided this graph showing howgovernment spending has little impact on education And yet government schools have elected school boards, who are supposed to be accountable to their constituents. A democratic process exists to ensure...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2015 | Articles
Former Mayor "Angel of Debt" Taveras ran from Providence City Hall last year, content to serve one term, apparently taking Rhode Island's capital city from a Category Five fiscal storm to a . . .Category 4.5 according to one critic. Taveras who closed...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2015 | Articles
In a previous post, I commented on an extensive article about Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a city operating on the same boom-bust cycle of welfare payments from the federal government. Today, I look at the state of California, my home state, and the rise of welfare...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2015 | Articles
Washington DC is in heavy flux right now over a fast-track international trade bill, otherwise known as Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which President Obama and even leading Republicans, both conservative and liberal, have promoted. Wisconsin Governor...
