Dangerous Legislation

This Tuesday Democrats in the House and Senate introduced dangerously misguided legislation. Under the guise of protecting you they moved to hold manufacturers liable for crimes committed with their products. The measure seeks to repeal legislation passed in 2005. That measure enacted protections for industry based on illegal use, abuse and resultant injury and damage. … Read more

IB means no life

Bedford’s International Baccalaureate Coordinator Censors IB Students’ Honest Critique of the IB Program

As a former Bedford resident who continually questioned the value of the International Baccalaureate Program in the school district, I was not surprised when I found out that an attempt by IB diploma students to criticize their experience, would not be allowed. Bedford’s IB Coordinator, Jon Cannon sent an e-mail to the Senior Diploma Candidates, … Read more

Vote the Santa – Bunny ticket for President

The Democrat presidential field is crowded. The most recent ticket to announce is Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. They claim that not only will they make the promises… they have a history of delivering. How are you going to pay for that? The list of promises is full of things the candidates know, you … Read more

My Turn: Can we make SATs and college admissions more transparent?

by Frank Edleblut, NH Commission of Education |  College Board recently changed the SAT to include a context score, commonly referred to as an adversity score, to better reflect the effect of socio-economic disadvantages in the assessment outcomes. This adversity score will take into account 15 socio-economic factors in an attempt to scale results for … Read more

“…that the city is likely the last resort to fill the gap…”

We have several informal mottoes here at GraniteGrok.  One is self-evident – “we annoy people” (mostly the ones that need annoying).  The other one is a tangential off-shoot of what the late US Speaker of the House “Tip”  O’Neill’s quote of “All politics is local” If it is happening here, it is probably happening in … Read more

Can’t hide the fact Trump is a law-abiding American

Having failed to protect the Washington establishment’s interests by accusing President Trump of collusion or criminality, Robert Mueller tried to redeem himself in his May 29 retirement speech. His excuse for failure contradicted his previous statements and required subsequent “clarification”/correction, and he tried to avoid a congressional appearance (and its embarrassing questions). Robert Mueller was … Read more

Graduation

College Campuses: Hubs of Intolerance, Racism, and Anti-Semitism?

Victor Davis Hanson observes that “…colleges are becoming the incubators of progressive hatred of Jews…” This is concerning but does it ring true? Is higher education working to make anti-Semitism respectable again? Are we seeing a rise of racism? Certainly there is an appearance of a growing culture of intolerance on campuses across America. Requirements … Read more

Heroes matter. Guess who Progressives think are not – and who should be

This could also have been a BlogLine of the Day but requires a bit more thinking.  So, here’s my information backdrop US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan –  Asserts that the amount of deviant behavior in American society has increased beyond levels the community can afford to recognize and that society has been redefining deviancy to … Read more

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Standard Fare – Democrat Hypocrisy

Yep, this just about says it all (reformatted, emphasis mine): VA DEMOCRATS ACCEPTED DONATIONS FROM NORTHAM’S PAC AFTER CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION Four Virginia Democrats disclosed that they received donations from Gov. Ralph Northam’s political action committee despite having called for his resignation earlier this year, according to campaign finance data from Virginia Public Access … Read more

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