18 May 2016 - Granite Grok

May 18, 2016

Local Education and The Beautiful Tree

Are brick and mortar classrooms obsolete? Jody and Ian Underwood continue the education discussion with the book “The Beautiful Tree,” we touch on the advantages of local control in education, and real-world costs per classroom versus what your school board is charging you. (Download this segment) (Full Podcast)   Podcast RSS Feed  

Manchester Police Shootings: NH State Police failed to do their job

In an exclusive interview with NH1 News on Wednesday, Governor Hassan talked about the shootings of two Manchester Police officers by New Hampshire resident Ian MacPherson. In the interview Hassan talked about instituting more gun control. Of course, Hassan leaves out the fact that it was her own employees that failed to deny MacPherson a …

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Can The US Senate Stop HUD From Taking Over Local Zoning?

Mark Steyn, filling in for Rush Limbaugh, speaks with Rick Manning, from American’s for Limited Government, about an Obama maneuver that allows the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make arbitrary zoning decisions from Washington DC in any local town or city. (We interviewed Rick on this subject back in January.)  

“There are few superstitious beliefs as absurd as the idea that a woman can be trapped in a man’s body”

There are few superstitious beliefs as absurd as the idea that a woman can be trapped in a man's body & vv. But in the Age of Feeling . . . — Robert P. George (@McCormickProf) May 15, 2016 Not exactly the sort of expression you expect from a Princeton Professor. What’s the over-under on …

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Do Not Allow A Government to Force You To Forfeit Your Conscience

Armando Valladares was jailed and tortured by the Castro regime for 22 years because he would not publicly say, ‘I am with Fidel.’ This is a man of conscience and conviction, and in his speech–upon receiving the 2016 Canterbury Medal–he identified another, this time a group, who would not allow a government to force them …

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A Solution Looking for a Problem?

Somehow, New Hampshire has defied progressive-probability. For years we’ve had some of the lowest crime rates, and the lowest homicide rate, in the nation, despite never (EVER) giving the feds the names of people diagnosed as mentally ill (a subjective set of circumstances all its own). How the hell is that even possible?

2nd Annual ‘Gun Rights Are Women’s Rights’ rally in New Hampshire

On Sunday the Women’s Defense League of New Hampshire held their 2nd annual ‘Gun Rights Are Women’s Rights’ rally at the state house in Concord. Last year the organization made history by holding the first ever 2nd Amendment rally organized by women in the state. They are the only women’s 2nd Amendment organization in the …

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About that Title IX Thing…

Mario Loyola, writing at National Review, evaluates the Orwellian stylings of the Obama Transgender Bathroom ‘Dear Colleague Letter,’ but I thought this was the money quote. Naturally, the last thing anyone in Congress (or anywhere) thought in 1972 was that for purposes of federal law, students would get to decide what gender they feel like on …

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