Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

Is ‘No Child Left Behind’ the best thing to come out of government or what? The majority of states — 36 of them — say 80 percent to 97 percent of their high school students graduate on time, according to … Continue reading →

A couple years back, the Republicans and other conservatives in Washington State used the Citizens Initiative process to put an initiative on the ballot that removed all affirmative action requirements from all government hiring and contracts as well as admissions … Continue reading →

In school and airport screening. ‘This Is Not Right’ DES MOINES – Cecilia Beaman is a 57-year-old grandmother, a principal at Pacific Middle School in Des Moines, and as of Sunday is also a suspected terrorist. “This is not right,” … Continue reading →

So are some of the adults. From an article found at the FreeWillBlog California’s charter schools are more likely to meet their academic goals than traditional public schools, according to a study released Wednesday.The study used scores from California’s Academic … Continue reading →

Doncha think? A week and a half ago, the CATO Institute released a story about 450 highly respected economists, a list including several Nobel Laureates, who support the option of private Social Security accounts. Thanks CATO, we could have used … Continue reading →

Apparently, Rush Limbaugh (Occupation: Demagogue) made a blanket statement about the students at Evanston Township High School not knowing who Hitler was due to their school’s curriculum focusing heavily on multi-culturalism. Now, I don’t listen to Limbaugh for reasons of … Continue reading →

With the Israel-hating portion of the left wing demanding that people, corporations, and especially Universities, divest themselves of everything Israel, Douglas Davis writing in The Spectator gives the Professors who would support this a little more info than they would … Continue reading →

Looks like Ward Churchill copies more than “other people’s artwork.”:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7156384/ bq. _*University of Colorado officials investigating embattled professor Ward Churchill received documents this week purporting to show that he plagiarized another professor’s work.Officials at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia sent … Continue reading →

Found “here.”:http://www.limpidity.org/blog/archives/000203.html Of course, it was necessary to prove that 98% really ain’t all that nerdy. Having said that, I hope I never meet anyone who scores 100%……

That’s a lot of “HOOPLA!”:http://www.hoopla.modblog.com/