The State of the Union

President BarackObama's "do nothing" foreign policy has been a bust of from the very beginning. From his apologeticstance toward hostile Arab states to his concerted non-support of Israel, his inattention to portentous developments in Latin America to his craven...

The Jewish Journalprinted a piece on the unprecedented Congressional campaign in the newly drawn33rd Congressional District. After so much asking, they came throughat least. Thank you!I was not pleased with the mark-up of Independent BillBloomfield. The Manhattan...

http://host. madison. com/wsj/news/opinion/editorial/compromise-was-key-to-crafting-constitution/article_76409866-feb8-11e1-8b04-001a4bcf887a. htmlThe Wisconsin State Journal's article on the core componentof compromise in creating the Constitution was a welcome piece...

entire year's worthof content in a semester. Even though we met with the students for an hour anda half every day.No one in their right mind would be able to get through atextbook in an entire traditional year. But the 4 X 4 block assured that no onereally learned...

The Way to KnowledgeI have to comment on this title -- Jesus is the Way (John 14: 6), and the knowledge that we receive, we receive through the Holy Spirit living in us (1 John2: 20, 27)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine . . . —John...

Those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart . . . . For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man . . . —Matthew 15:18-20In Christ, we are...

Patterson wraps up his final words with a somber note on how his cigarette habit deprived him of more years with his family. But it's also clear that he loved life while he was here and was determined to go out with one last laugh. And his wife confirmed to KSL-TV...

http://townhall. com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/07/23/hugo_chavez_on_obama_hes_the_good_guyIdeologies from the Same ClothOut of spite or sheer arrogant exuberance, communistic president Hugo Chavez is calling President Obama "the good guy."The same politician who...

word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain."Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God...

Diversion Indeed -- and it's not Working. . .President has no record to run on, except the broken one that keeps blaming George W. Bush, the weather, the sun, the moon, the starts for all the troubles besetting our country and economy.This man was a debating choice...

Proposition 32 is about more than leveling the playing field of special interests in Sacramento. It's about protecting the special interest of the individual state worker, whose paycheck gets garnished without his consent and then the money gets spend on causes,...

Some Missing Chapters are in OrderHarry Wong's chinty little masterpiece -- masterful in covering up the unseemly aspects of public education -- needs another set of chapters on the ins and outs -- mostly, outs -- of teaching.Here is a sampling of headings that I...

Schools Do not Allow Teachers to Be EffectiveI bought into the rhetoric.I liked the idea that teaching did not have to be too difficult.Like many other teachers who had been in the profession, the teachers whom I had visited in the local schools where I had attended,...

"The First Day of School" is a best-seller in the education training business.I received a copy of this book the first day of teacher credential school.At South East High School in South Gate, the lead teacher who wanted to prepare us for the next academic year also...

Los Angeles, an admirable move,even if he did not shore up enough votes for the GOP primary.He has spoken with students of color in urban charter schools. Minorities arethe most adversely affected by the statist status quo monopoly of government schools,controlled by...

"Dropout Factories""Dropout Factories""Dropout Factories" certainly describes the failing schools throughout Los Angeles, where a disturbing number of freshman enter, but they do not receive a diploma. According to a study published last year by the California...

The City of Gardena wants to limit the sale of single cigars within its city limits.Is there no puritanical cause that municipal governments will avoid embarking on?Granted, cigar smoking is a nasty habit, in some cases more dangerous than smoking cigarettes, but city...

I used to hate hearing this phrase muttered by some utterly disrespectful students:"He's weak!"They usually said this to intimidate me, to shame because I had no qualms about calling security to remove an unruly student from class.The two times I remember that phrase...

Oversimplified Attack on the Supreme CourtI do not accept Political Cartoonist Michael Ramirez' take on the Roberts Court's ruling on ObamaCare.I believe that the conservative coalitions in this country will look back five years from now and applaud John Roberts...

Romney in Fighting FormI think most of the American voters are sick and tired of politicians who think that they can play Superman and Santa Claus all wrapped up in one politician.Mitt Romney has put off many -- including the current writer, who admittedly campaigned...

John Taylor Gatto"God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day." (Psalm 7: 11)John Taylor Gatto is one of the most vetted and sought-after experts in public education.He slogged through thirty years of New York public schools, working in the...

Allan BloomAllan Bloom (September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992) is one of the most fruitful and resplendent scholars in modern American Academia.He passed away almost twenty years ago, yet his work "The Closing of the American Mind" (1987) still inspires and instill and...

and get them on my side!"She saw student challenges as bread for the eating. I learned to change my attitude to those threats.One young lady was a real piece of work. She was a brazen young one, who had no problem pushing people aside to make a point. Once, she...

http://www. youtube. com/watch? v=_W6-5GG_7m8From the first day in office, the Republicans have given the president ample opportunity to cut the spending, slash deficits, and decrease the national debt.Waxman and company have pursued policies guaranteed to explode...

John Donne (January 1572 -- March 1631 )Out of a fired ship, which by no wayBut drowning could be rescued from the flame,Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they cameNear the foes' ships, did by their shot decay;So all were lost, which in the ship were found,They in...