Miscellaneous Archives

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    May
    14

    The NC Left’s Immoral Monday

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Jim Tynen

    Let’s count the way leftish activists broke ethical standards on their Immoral Monday. First, it is immoral to be antidemocratic – to undercut the process by which the will of the people is expressed. Oh, of course the protestors want to add some excitement to their humdrum lives by demonstrating. But these tantrums at least [...]

  2. May
    09

    Blowin’ Smoke

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Bob Luebke

    Yesterday the North Carolina House passed legislation (HB 718) that directs the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to study Common Core Standards.  Included in the bill was language to study “the short and long-term educational, economic, and regulatory impact of those changes on our teachers, administrators, schools, parents communities and state”  as well as study [...]

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    May
    02

    Protest Review: Don’t “Occupy” This May Day March

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Jacob Parson | Tagged , ,

    The drumming has subsided, the megaphones can be heard no more—the aftermath of North Carolina Student Power’s MayDay march has settled, leaving a trail of, well, not much. In our efforts to make heads or tails of the brief demonstration, we broke down their efforts a la Rotten Tomatoes to give the day’s events a [...]

  4. May
    01

    WCPSS gets out the message — and a little more

    Posted in Education, Miscellaneous By Bob Luebke | Tagged , ,

    C’mon  most of us feel exactly like that little girl in the video when we learn that Wake County Schools are cancelled for the day…You  won’t feel like dancing however when you learn what a “team of communicators”  from WCPSS is doing — on your dime — while those decisions are being made.  Find out [...]

  5. May
    01

    How I Feel When The NC Legislature Passes a Bad Bill

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Civitas Staff

    Allow Macaulay Culkin to demonstrate: Take a look at some of the bad bills Civitas has written about.