Browsing Month January, 2013
MUST READ: IMMIGRATION EDUCATION:: Making Americans: UNO Charter Schools and Civic Education
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 1:00 pm
By David Feith -- (January 29, 2013) Download Full Report as PDF This policy brief is the third in a series of in-depth case studies exploring how top-performing charter schools have incorporated civic learning in their school curriculum and school culture. For more information about AEI’s Program on American Citizenship, visit ... Go To Article
Education , Featured , General , Immigration , News , Politics
GEORGE WILL:: NJ’s operatic Gov – NYPOST
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 12:50 pm
George F. Will -- Trenton Coyness is not part of Chris Christie’s repertoire, which does not stress subtlety, delicacy and intimation. New Jersey’s governor is more Mickey Spillane than Jane Austen and his persona, which sometimes is that of a bulldog who got up on the wrong side of the bed, is so popular he seems to be cruising toward re-election this November ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
JENNIFER RUBIN:: The best argument against Chuck Hagel: His 2009 speech
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 12:31 pm
Posted by Jennifer Rubin on January 30, 2013 at 2:30 pm -- Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel’s 2009 speech to J Street confirms that he’s long held views that are out of the mainstream, contrary to the president’s policies and entirely at odds with his new views adopted for his confirmation hearing. Much of the speech, granted, is empty blather, the type ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
EXAMINER EDITORIAL:: Why isn’t gun control working in Chicago? | WashEx
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 11:43 am
Examiner Editorial -- One week ago, 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton performed with her high school band here in Washington at President Obama's inauguration. In addition to being a majorette, Pendleton was also an honor student and volleyball player who dreamed of visiting Paris this summer. On Tuesday, she was shot dead in a public park two blocks from her high school ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
MICHAEL FINCH:: The Path to Saving the Republic: Just Say ‘No’
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 10:56 am
By Michael Finch -- Our nation is in crisis. The Obama administration is centralizing power at a level unmatched in American history with grave consequences for our future liberty and freedom. Of that there is not much debate among conservatives. Conservatives, however, are always waiting for the next Ronald Reagan, wondering if Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan or someone will ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
LARRY J. SABATO’S CRYSTAL BALL:: Holding on to a House Majority
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 10:50 am
Rhodes Cook, Senior Columnist January 31st, 2013 -- It has been about two decades now that the two major parties switched roles in Washington. For much of the last half of the 20th century, Republicans dominated the White House while Democrats enjoyed a virtual monopoly on both chambers of Congress. But since 1994, their basic spheres of influence have changed. It ... Go To Article
Commentary , Congress , Featured , General , Politics
MENENDEZ DONOR Melgen Financed Clintons, Wasserman Schultz, GOP Pols
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 10:46 am
by MATTHEW BOYLE 31 Jan 2013, 8:17 AM PDT -- Federal Election Commission records show that Dr. Salomon Melgen, the Miami ophthalmologist connected to New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s alleged prostitution scandal, has financed several high-ranking politicians from both political parties. Over the years, Melgen and his wife Flor donated $2,000 to former ... Go To Article
HISPANICS will soon surpass white population in California – POLITICO.com
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 10:35 am
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 1/31/13 1:35 PM EST -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State demographers say California's Hispanic population will equal that of whites within six months and exceed it early next year — a milestone in the country's racial and ethnic shifts. Population projections released Thursday by the state Department of Finance show that Hispanics will become the ... Go To Article
General , Immigration , Latio/Hispanic , News , Politics
JOBLESS CLAIMS Go Higher; Income Surges, Spending Up
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 10:29 am
Published: Thursday, 31 Jan 2013 | 9:55 AM ET -- The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week stayed in a range consistent with job growth and incomes rose in December by the most in eight years, mildly positive signs for a still-fragile economy. The data suggests points to some underlying momentum in the economy despite a surprise ... Go To Article
OBAMA/GUNS:: Obama goes ‘skeet shooting all the time’? Hardly ever, sources say | Fox News
By MB Snow at January 31, 2013 | 10:10 am
By Jana Winter Published January 30, 2013 -- News of President Obama's apparently long-secret fondness for skeet shooting came as a surprise to those who say they have witnessed the president's "awkward" attempts at pinging the (clay) pigeons. This has only happened with the president at Camp David, at most, a couple of times, according to a source who says he has ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , General , News , Politics
