Stephan Barr at the Washington Post has a column on those who were heroes during Hurricane Katrina last fall. As cynical as we all are and as easy as it is to get all worked up over all that goes wrong in this world, I think it’s very important to take time to remember that [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Hurricane Katrina Heroes
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Anti-family government policies
Posted in culture, family, politics, tagged crunchy cons, families, government policy on February 24, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I mentioned the Crunchy Conservatives blog/book club going on at National Review Online based on the new book by the same name in a previous post. I wanted to share part of a post put up there yesterday which made me think, “somebody gets it!” A guy named Bruce Frohen writes:
“this is a good time [...]
Going Overboard
Posted in being mom, humor, kids, pictures, tagged kids, pictures on February 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Just overheard:
My 6 year old says to his 10 year old brother, “I think Mom went overboard with Michaela.”
(Michaela’s my 1 year old daughter.)
“Why?”
“Because she’s just so super cute!”
I don’t know how much it has to do with me, but I agree she is super cute!
Thoughts on multi-culturalism, immigration & vouchers
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Last night my husband and I were having a conversation about why immigrant communities have not successfully integrated into the European countries they have settled in. (Yes, we actually talk about these sort of things – we’re well matched dorks.) Aside from the riots in France last year there is the incredible news that 40% [...]
John Stossel’s "Stupid in America"
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I mention it below, but if you don’t click on any other link I ever provide, you have got to read John Stossel’s report on failing American government schools and the lack of competition which is driving this failure. I had only glanced through it when I linked earlier, but I just finished reading the [...]
NEA having conniptions
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently the NEA is having another conniption fit. And this time it’s actually over something remotely related to how teachers do their jobs rather than supporting abortion, anti-war movements, radical feminism and all those other things so critical to making sure the nation’s teachers have what they need to do their jobs well. Apparently John [...]
Ancient Hebrews and Creation
Posted in religion, tagged ancient hebrews, creation story, religion, time on February 22, 2006 | 5 Comments »
I don’t know how many of you are interested in this sort of thing, but since I spent some time on it this morning and found some interesting stuff, I thought I’d share. Everyone is aware of the conflicts in our country over evolution vs creationism vs ID. Religious folks who reject evolution usually point [...]
Newest Homeschooling Critic’s Meme
Posted in education, homeschooling, tagged critics, homeschooling on February 21, 2006 | 3 Comments »
When people first started homeschooling, critics often said that simple parents couldn’t possibly do as good a job educating their children as trained professionals. Of course, that argument has fallen apart as homeschool kids began getting higher scores on standardized tests than their institutionalized peers and began making strong showings in spelling bees, geography bees [...]
Crunchy Conservatism
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps you have heard about it by now (there appears to be a well co-ordinated publicity machine at work), but there’s a new book out by Rod Dreher of the Dallas Morning News called “Crunchy Conservatism”. The National Review Online even has a blog/book group discussion about the book going on here. (The discussion right [...]
Kids serving the needs of the schools
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »
While I know that there are individual teachers, and perhaps even administrators in the school systems who care deeply about the needs of the students they teach, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the bureaucracy as a whole expect our children to fit their needs rather than the other way around. The examples [...]
