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September 2012
Government-run schools: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are racist
From the Portland Tribune: Schools beat the drum for equity Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day. Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year. “What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” says Gutierrez, principal at […]
Read more‘Libertarian ideas growing strong in American political culture’
“…(T)imes have changed since 1972,” writes Gregory Koch of The Daily Campus. “Colorado may legalize marijuana on a state level this November. Oregon and Washington will hold referendums on the subject as well. Meanwhile, six states and the District of Columbia currently recognize same-sex marriage. Maryland and Washington state each passed laws legalizing same-sex marriage […]
Read moreFEC approves text message fundraising model
“An alternate political text-to-donate model, proposed by the mobile firm Revolution Messaging, has met the approval of the Federal Election Commission,” Campaigns & Elections reports. “The firm submitted an advisory opinion request in August—a few weeks after the FEC first approved text contributions to political committees. Revolution Messaging asked the FEC to permit the use […]
Read moreObama downgrades his speech venue. What else has he downgraded?
After promising he would fill the 75,000-seat Bank of America Stadium and give his Democrat nomination acceptance speech “rain or shine,” Obama has canceled the venue amid troubles filling the seats, downgrading the venue to the 15,000-seat Time Warner Cable Arena. What else has Obama downgraded? America’s credit rating: AAA in January 2009, AA+ today. […]
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