Ohio mother jailed for sending her kids to a better school
Just when you think Western society cannot get any stranger, you read that an Ohio mother was jailed for ten days and given three years probation because she chose to send her children to a better school than the one in her downtoan Akron neighbourhood — an area that was plagued by drugs and crime. Obviously, [...]
Anti-Americanism & anti-conservative bias on CBC news
As Michael Coren recently said on his show (H/T Richco and General Brock), the knee jerk reaction by the Canadian media, particularly the CBC, to blame Sarah Palin and the U.S. Tea Party Movement for the Arizona tragedy, has been absolutely appalling. I mean, as Barbara Yaffe writes today in the Vancouver Sun, we have our own history [...]
What's not to like about Obama's back-to-school speech?
Today, as a Canadian, I witnessed political partisanship that is so over the top, and so beyond common sense, it is hard to know where to begin. No, I am not talking about Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff or Prime Minister Harper. I am talking about the Republican reaction to a back-to-school speech President Barack Obama gave to [...]
Obama on accountability & excellence in education
Apart from Moira MacDonald of the Toronto Sun, little is being heard from the Canadian media on what the U.S. President Barack Obama is recommending happen in American schools and school boards. Not surprising I guess, given that what Mr. Obama is saying sounds positively conservative. For example, here are some quotes from Ms. MacDonald’s column [...]
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