Category: Education

California Dream’n

by Guest Contributor | Sep 1, 2017 | Education, Finance, Health Care, Taxes | 257

Just Say’n has a few things to say about the State of California and their finances.

What are We Reading? August 2017

by Riven | Aug 25, 2017 | Education, Literature | 299

SugarFree After the Matt Helm novels, I had to go back and read the first ten Destroyer...

What are We Reading? July 2017

by Brett L | Jul 28, 2017 | Education, Literature | 195

Sometimes you just need a good book to escape the brutal summer heat, humidity, mosquitoes plaguing America thanks to global warming (or the slushy mosquito filled taiga and bitter cold of Canadia). SugarFree Connie...

A Story

by Guest Contributor | Jul 3, 2017 | Education, Liberty, Sexuality, Society | 241

beelzeboener tells of his time in the clutches of college kangaroo court.

Skool Daze- and Why Public Education Sucks: A Memoir

by Guest Contributor | Jun 20, 2017 | Education | 141

Guest Contributor Michael tells a jaundiced tale of education and the people who do it that is likely familiar to many of the Glibs.

A charlatan, a Bagdhad Battery and a six year old pixie

by Guest Contributor | Jun 10, 2017 | Advice, Children, Education, Markets, Opinion, Womyn | 68

mexican sharpshooter explores spanking, the NAP, and how to raise would-be libertarian females.

The Nation Misses The Point on Counterterrorism

by sloopyinca | Jun 1, 2017 | Education, Federal Power, First Amendment, Immigration, National Security, Opinion, Politics, Rant, Religion, Rule of Law, Society | 134

I have no doubt that Ariana Grande means well, but she’s dead wrong. Inclusiveness is no strategy to fight terrorism. It is a strategy to offer people an opportunity to assimilate to an enlightened western culture.

Reviews You’ll Never Use: Class of 1999

by Gojira | May 25, 2017 | Art, Drugs, Education, Opinion, Products You Need, Reviews | 167

This week, we’ll do something a bit unusual, and review a sequel to a film instead of the original. Why? Tune in to find out.

Teachers Are Underpaid

by SP | May 25, 2017 | Education | 72

Yet some areas still seem to have impressive teacher salaries.

Separation of college and sex

by O, statua gentilissima | May 8, 2017 | Big Government, Constitution, Crime, Education, Federal Power, Gender, Higher Education, History, Opinion, Rant, Regulation, Sexuality, Society, Womyn | 97

I’ve just finished The Campus Rape Frenzy, by K. C. Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr. The...

Focus on the Family – A Cultural Rumination

by trshmnstr | Apr 27, 2017 | Children, Education, Gender, Rant, Religion, Sexuality, Society, Womyn | 201

If you think family values come from families–not parties–you might be a libertarian.

Horace Flack – The state official whose scholarship pressured the states to obey the Bill of Rights (with Southern Gothic backstory)

by O, statua gentilissima | Mar 17, 2017 | Constitution, Education, Federal Power, History, Opinion, Politics | 108

The Fusionist looks into a Southerner with a dark family secret, whose scholarship showed that the Bill of Rights was meant to apply to the states – versus some Bill-of-Rights-ignoring Yankees. In constitutional politics, sometimes Frankfurter bites down on you.

FCC Chairman Calls For Rollback Of Net Neutrality “Mistake”

by sloopyinca | Feb 28, 2017 | Education, Entertainment, Executive Branch, Federal Power, First Amendment, Markets, Media, Opinion, Social Media | 190

Proponents and enemies of net neutrality can stop guessing what the new head of the FCC will do. He has made it abundantly clear that he will move to dismantle the rule. “It has become evident that the FCC made a...

Texas “Boy” Wins Texas Girls Wrestling Tournament – Largest Media Sports Outlet Reports On Story With Comments Turned Off

by sloopyinca | Feb 26, 2017 | Children, Education, Gender, Media, Social Justice, Society | 247

Mack Beggs, a female transitioning to be a male by using massive amounts of steroids completed an undefeated season Saturday by winning a controversial Texas state girls wrestling title in an event clouded by criticism from...

A History Of American Public Education: Part 4 in a 4 Part Series

by trshmnstr | Feb 23, 2017 | Education | 63

Click here for Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 Part 4: It’s Broke, so let’s Fix It Secularization of Public Schools While the Progressive Protestants did get the generic Protestant education implemented in the public schools, it was...

HR 610 and the Conundrum of School Choice

by Guest Contributor | Feb 22, 2017 | Big Government, Children, Education | 52

by Tonio The full text of HR 610 may be found here. H.R.610 – To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to...

A History Of American Public Education: Part 3 in a 4 Part Series

by trshmnstr | Feb 22, 2017 | Education | 92

For Part 1 and Part 2 Part 3: Taking the Reins A Mann with a Plan Through the mid-19th century, a group of educational reformers led by Horace Mann became interested in the Prussian model of education. The Prussians had slowly...

A History Of American Public Education: Part 2 in a 4 Part Series

by trshmnstr | Feb 21, 2017 | Education | 111

For Part 1, go here . Part 2: Eugenics and Anti-Catholic Sentiment The other side of the Progressive movement was a secular philosophy anchored in the theories of Darwin and in an increased role of government. Social...

A History Of American Public Education: Part 1 of 4

by trshmnstr | Feb 20, 2017 | Big Government, Children, Congress, Education, Religion, Society | 40

An explanation of some of the 19th Century factors that went into the whole-hog acceptance of compulsory public education, and a little bit of analysis of how to roll some of this back.

HR 610 – Restoring Parental Freedom to Pack Lunches, Etc.

by Guest Contributor | Feb 18, 2017 | Big Government, Children, Congress, Education, Federal Power | 47

Congressman Steve King (R, IA) has introduced HR 610, titled Choices in Education Act of 2017. The bill does two things – establishes a nationwide voucher program and tinkers with the school lunch regulations.

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