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A Few Thoughts on Education, Budget, and Teachers

I have taken short stabs at many issues in this post instead of providing a lengthy argument for each one, hoping that it makes the post more readable. First, let me start by saying, I love my friends who teach and I respect the profession. I know many of you to be hard working people [...]

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What’s Not Right in the Right?

What’s Not Right in the Right?

John Piper has called out the Tea Party movement, and I agree with John Piper. He references this article in the NY Times that discusses how the Tea Party purposefully avoid social issues. This article identifies an issues symptomatic of a bigger problem aloft in the Conservative movement, it is a movement that centers around economics and avoids [...]

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State of the Union Bingo

State of the Union Bingo

  President Obama recently rehired his campaign manager, David Plouffe, to help re-make his presidential image. A big part of that is the President telling you what you should think. To aid you in hearing and thinking the right things I designed a “State of the Union” Bingo  card for your use during tonight’s indoctrination.  [...]

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Huckabee Book Tour Stops in the ‘Burgh

Huckabee Book Tour Stops in the ‘Burgh

Mike Huckabee rode the Huckabus into Pittsburgh tonight for a signing of his new book, “A Simple Christmas.”  I am looking forward to reading it after Thanksgiving. Here are a few photos from the event.   Huckabee from Jenn Grover on Vimeo.

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No Sunshine In Obama’s Forecast

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33365442/ns/politics-washington_post/ After promising unprecedented transparency and ensuring that healthcare legislation would be formed in front of the public on C-Span and made available on the Internet at least 72 hours before a vote, the Obama administration seems to be presenting more of a solar eclipse than the sunshine he promised. Democrats have consistently voted down [...]

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