Category: Education

Enough "poor poor pitiful me" from college students

PUBLISHED in the Boulder Daily Camera, 8/15/06 http://dailycamera.com/bdc/letters_to_editor/article/0,1713,BDC_2491_4916920,00.html re "Students burdened by debt Federal aid not keeping pace with rising costs" Boulder Daily Camera, 8/13/06 http://… more »

The Freak on government telling us how to behave

In response to my posting on Senator Santorum and my disappointing interaction with him, The Freak has written a comment which is so good that it deserves a blog posting of its own. That’s a great anecdote, although it’s not one that gives us that muc… more »

Schools not preparing students for a competitive world

see "High Schools Make Room at Top for Grads Some Tap Multiple Valedictorians to Cut Rivalry, Spread Honors" (Washington Post, 6/17/06) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/16/AR2006061601789.html? To the Editor: Along wit… more »

Maybe there is justice for Ward Churchill

see "Committee: Fire Churchill" (Rocky Mountain News, 6/13/06) http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4771570,00.html Six members of a ten member committee at the University of Colorado have recommended that the repulsive… more »

Meathead gets what he deserves

see "Universal preschool advocates vow to continue efforts" (San Jose Mercury News, 6/7/06) http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14763685.htm Rob Reiner should have known he had a problem when the essentially socialist LA Times ca… more »

Even the LA Times opposes universal preschool

re "No on Proposition 82" (LA Times editorial, 5/22/06) http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-ed-preschool21may21,0,5240941.story To the Editors: The Times is absolutely right to oppose Proposition 82. From Oklahoma to Quebec, Universa… more »

Closing bad public schools is not unfortunate

re "Half-filled schools need DPS scrutiny" (Denver Post, 4/14/06) http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_3708004 To the Editor: By calling the closing of minimally-attended schools “unfortunate”, your editorial implies that the goal of DPS is maximi… more »

The Yaleiban - "Diversity" sows seeds of its own destruction

Whether Yale's admitting a former (and unrepentant) Taliban spokesman was an exercise in diversity or incompetence, the likely outcome is to show that the diversity movement is at best incompetent and at worst dangerous and hateful. Here's an in-depth… more »

Follow-up on religion and politics posting: Vouchers are fine!

In response to this morning's posting, "The history of evangelical Christians and American politics", Ben posted an excellent comment which, combined with my response, I think is worthy of a separate posting. I'd be interested in the opinion of any of my… more »

Jay Bennish is the tip of the iceberg

For those of you (maybe outside Colorado) who haven't heard the story, Overland High School teacher Jay Bennish was reinstated Friday after a brief suspension following remarks comparing President Bush to Hitler. If you want to hear the 21 minute reco… more »
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