A new report, released by Harvard, states in some of the strongest terms that “college for all” emphasis may harm many American students – keeping them from having a smooth transition from adolescence to adulthood and a viable career. “The American system for preparing young people to lead p[...]
Archive for March, 2011
March 19th, 2011 - 7:11 am § in Uncategorized
Democrat Congressman Wants to ‘Defund’ Fox News
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) took to the House floor Thursday and said, “If my friends on the other side of the aisle want to strip funding from NPR because they believe — wrongly, in my view — that NPR is biased, then we should be given the same opportunity” and prevent taxpa[...]
March 19th, 2011 - 12:48 am § in America
Labor Solidarity Rally at State Capitol, 3/17
By noon, the Capitol steps at Olympia were completely filled with protesters bearing signs and banners. The ranks were swelled by members of most of the large ones: AFT, AFSCME, SEIU, SPEIA, UFCW, OPEIU, and the Teamsters. Progressive organizations including MoveOn, Fuse-WA, US Uncut, and Real Chang[...]
March 18th, 2011 - 10:41 pm § in Religion, Saudi Arabia
Sunday Revelations: Islam’s Two Angels
Listen to Ayaan Hirsi explain the two angels of Islam. If you need to understand where Ms. Ali’s realities came from, read further: in the famous hadith known as Hadith Jibril, the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, when asked by Angel Jibril to inform him about the belief, said al-Iman (t[...]
Keeping WA State Kids Out of Medical School!
Cutbacks in state funding of public universities are leading faculty and administration to one form or another of privatization. What does this mean for kids in any state that now has a prestigious, world class public school? What does it mean for Washington State? A good way to find out is to com[...]
March 18th, 2011 - 11:17 am § in Politics
Assisted Suicide Law: Birthing Pains
Ed. Although I support the right of people to make this choice, I oppose Washington State’s assisted suicide law because of the way it was written. I suspect the cost far exceeds any benefit and worry that this is a slippery slope toward the state over riding medical ethics I treasure. T[...]
March 18th, 2011 - 10:18 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
WERITAS: In 2008, before the cuts, did the UW receive the second highest appropriation per student in the country?
Ed. The issue of privatizing the “public ivies” .. flagship state universities that rank with the Ivy League … is VERY real. Berkeley and the Univ. of Wisconsin are already well along that path. The debate places the commitment of faculty and, often the business community, agai[...]
Cuts to Save Tax Breaks
The Rebuilding Our Economic Future Coalition (ROEFC) has made a list of tax breaks available to those with money to spend versus cuts to programs that aid those who don’t. The Governor and the Legislature in Olympia are planning to make these cuts while retaining tax breaks like these, and m[...]
March 18th, 2011 - 6:16 am § in America
Freedom of The Web.
Ed. After the North African and Bahraini revolutions, there can be no doubt that free and unlimited access to the web needs to become a basci, human right. For other posts on this subject, click here. by Geov, 03/17/2011, 11:14 AM It’s a staple of the mudslinging in comment threads at various poli[...]
March 18th, 2011 - 4:40 am § in Saudi Arabia
The King is Kind
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. By ARAB NEWS Published: Mar 18, 2011 00:23 Updated: Mar 18, 2011 01:44 RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will address the nation at 2 p.m on Friday, a statement of the Royal Court said on Thursday. The king will also issue a numb[...]