Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), and James Gattuso, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, discussed the pitfalls in Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd’s financial regulatory reform bill during the Tuesday, April 27, Bloggers Briefing in Washington D.C.
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Casa de Maryland public schools
CASA de Maryland’s Facebook page denounces the new Arizona immigration law and highlights opposition to the measure by Meghan McCain, daughter of Arizona Republican Senator John McCain.
Reagan on Politics Part II
‘Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.’
– Ronald Reagan
Goofy In Garden State
Amid record-level turnout, New Jersey residents recently voted down 58% of school district’s proposed budgets (and proposed tax increases), reported USA Today on April 21. “Districts on the losing end must now work with municipal officials to craft a funding solution by May 19. Layoffs and other cuts are likely,” it states.
Health Care Hegemony
You’ve heard the health care debate. Now find out what’s really wrong with health care.
Art Insults Life
The Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) chapter at Texas Tech University, a student group affiliated with CampusReform.org, will protest the controversial “Tornado of Ideas” sculpture on campus from 10am to 2pm today [April 29].
Hijacking Catholic Doctrine
The controversy over Arizona’s immigration law should be used to highlight the shameful role of the Roman Catholic Church in facilitating the foreign invasion of the U.S.
Chicagonomics
Sometimes academics make plausible assertions, if you buy their premises, ignore their assumptions, and don’t look for the evidence to back them up.
Green Mind Control
A review of the Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges shows that environmental “literacy” has become a mandatory education component at over three dozen “green” colleges, with entries for 37 of the 286 campuses indicating that these schools have an “environmental literacy requirement” for the student body.
Green Unemployment
As universities cheerfully prepare their students for the “green jobs” they are sure will await them when they graduate, curriculum development specialists might be neglecting just one thing: How to find “green jobs” when they are invisible.
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Are We All Trumpets?
The American division of Graduate Women International (GWI) may find itself in the odd position of channeling Donald Trump. “On this International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women (VAW), Graduate Women International (GWI) voices concern…
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North Carolina Students Block Traffic, Want to ‘Abort Pence’ and Blast Trump
The anti-Trump protests continue to make headlines, where University of North Carolina students protested near campus and shut down traffic: Hundreds of protesters converged at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on Friday night…
Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
We at AIM wish you have a great and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Here is what in 1864 (source: UC-Santa Barbara): The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of…
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Read George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Our yearly reminder and blog post of a Thanksgiving Proclamation, this time it’s George Washington’s: Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789 By the President of the…
Thanksgiving Still Remains on the American Calendar, For Now
Interestingly, Thanksgiving has remained relatively unscathed as progressives try to remake the American calendar. Maybe they because don’t want to blow a four-day weekend. I did have an oddball professor—it does sound redundant—35 years ago…
Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving to be Celebrated at Smith College by Students for Justice in Palestine
From Campus Reform: The school’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter organized the “Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving: Water, Land, and Solidarity” event, which sought to highlight commonalities between the Palestinian cause and the Standing Rock Sioux…
Remember This? Florida State University RA Defends Thanksgiving Display that Criticized Pilgrims
This was news from over a week ago, but it’s a good review of the ridiculousness on college campuses: From Campus Reform: Campus Reform initially reported on the display’s hostility towards the Pilgrims, promoting “facts”…
Hampshire College Stops Flying American Flag after One was Burned on Veterans Day
Talk about a disappointing action by someone to burn an American flag on Veterans Day, which has led to this decision to protect the flag by not flying it in the meantime: Jonathan Lash, the…
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University Professor Association President: Trump is the ‘Greatest Threat to Academic Freedom’ Since McCarthy
The president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said that Trump is a grave threat to academic freedom: In a statement published the morning after election night, AAUP’s president, Rudy Fichtenbaum, acknowledges that…
Conservatives Start ‘Not My Campus’ Effort at University of Michigan to Counter President’s Remarks on Trump
From Campus Reform: The school’s president, Mark Schlissel, made national headlines after last week’s shocking election results when he publicly shamed his students who voted for Trump, noting at a school rally that “90 percent…