Koch Brothers
Academic Freedom: Not if You’re a Conservative – or a Koch
Florida State University (FSU) President Barron recently sent a letter to the Faculty Senate Committee asking the body to review the Koch Foundation agreement with the university and its implementation. The final report, which was released last week, went beyond the scope of Barron s request and examined other donors agreements and decisions made by the economics department at FSU. The results of that analysis have been repeatedly confused with the details of the memorandum of understanding with the Koch Foundation as proven by an article published by Inside Higher Ed. This post serves to clarify some of the mistakes being reported by various outlets.
Netroots Nation 2011 Journal
ObamaCare Has No Place in a Limited Government
The Unraveling of a Ponzi Scheme
Education Reformers Fight Back Against National Curriculum
The U.S. Department of Education has been gobbling up more turf over the last several years, issuing mandates and pushing a one-size-fits-all set of standards. Now the most disturbing move is to implement a national K-12 education curriculum. What s wrong with that? To those who advocate for efficiency in education, this may seem like a good [...]
Senator Reid, Let’s Compare Radicals Shall We
Wisconsin Judicial Tyranny
Why did the state of Wisconsin bother to have an election last November? To look at the results, you would think the voters had spoken clearly. They elected a Republican governor and legislature, based on the promise that they would take strong action to balance the state budget and give schools and municipalities more control over their local budgets.
Call to Cameras: Video Activists Needed in Wisconsin
Tomorrow, an army of very angry union thugs will be descending on the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison. They are furious that the Republican senators voted to pass the collective bargaining provisions of Gov. Scott Walker s budget reform proposal, without the fiscal portions that required a larger quorum.
Tea Party Kosher, Says Dem Strategist Robert Creamer
A few weeks ago, Democratic strategist Robert Creamer was repeating the widely-circulated slanders about the Tea Party: Is there any wonder that they spit at members of Congress as they went to vote, or that they hurl racial insults that are dredged up from the worst parts of America s past, he wrote in his column at the Huffington Post.