SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow by Norm Silber – Part 6

This past Thursday night, Norm Silber gave a talk on “SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow”; a wide ranging discussion on the US Constitution. overview of our jurisprudence system, the hierarchy of the varying levels in our court system, the case flows within the system, the make up of the court, and upcoming issues that the Court … Read more

Jay Lucas American Sunshine

NH GOP Convention – Jay Lucas (Part 1)

At last week’s NH GOP Convention, Jay Lucas swung by the GraniteGrok area to yak with us again – again, on his Newport revival project. Given that he had the time, so did we! And yes, at one point given that we were at the NH GOP Convention and he had strolled in, we did … Read more

Ho, Ho, Ho… Medicare for All… Ho, Ho, Ho… Free Stuff for All

Free Health Care… Leftists are pushing ‘Medicare-for-all’. Sixteen senators publicly support Bernie Sanders’ vision of “Medicare-for-all.” Sanders’ bill, S.1804, was explicit about outlawing private health insurance. It will mandate participation in a government run system. The determination of what care would be available, to whom and when would be usurped by the federal government. The … Read more

SDGANH: “Preparing for the Future of Schooling” – Ian Underwood (Part 2)

In this seminar, presented by the School District Governance Association of NH (“SDGANH”), the topic of  what will schools and education look like in the future was discussed  and what school board members need to know NOW about the changes (technological, demographic, economic, and political) that they will be facing and ways to view potential … Read more

Raphael Samuel Anit-natalist

Man May Sue Parents for Giving Birth to Him Without His Consent

Is the anti-natalist movement the latest thing in birth-prevention? The idea that “it is wrong to put an unwilling child through the bother of life for the pleasure of its parents.” Raphael Samuel thinks so. He says things like, ” I don’t see why I should put another life through the rigamarole of school and finding a career, especially when they didn’t ask to exist.'”

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SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow by Norm Silber – Part 5

This past Thursday night, Norm Silber gave a talk on “SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow”; a wide ranging discussion on the US Constitution. overview of our jurisprudence system, the hierarchy of the varying levels in our court system, the case flows within the system, the make up of the court, and upcoming issues that the Court … Read more

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Image - Youtube

RBG Spotted! No, It Does Not Appear to be a Hoax

Can the Ruth-less Supreme Court look forward to the return of their missing Justice? It’s too soon to tell. But Liberal hearts must be swelling at this news. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) has been spotted in public. Fox News Reports that, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday attended a concert …in Washington, D.C., marking her first public appearance … Read more

burning money

Our Gross Overspending … $1 Trillion Again

Fiscal insanity Fiscal insanity continues to reign in the District of Columbia. Congress steadfastly refuses to budget for the nation. It continues to authorize spending while refusing to acknowledge responsibility for repayment. There are no signs of a return to fiscal sanity in sight. A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) indicates that … Read more

NH GOP Convention – Gov. Chris Sununu

On Jan 26, the NH GOP held its annual meeting / convention and this year it was at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH.  We brought all new equipment for all kinds of purposes and to be truthful, not all of them worked out as planned.  So, we have some action items written up so that … Read more

Stop the insanity

If there’s anything that we should have learned over the last half century, it’s that spending more money on schools does nothing to improve student achievement, and that there is no correlation between the amount spent and the results obtained.

And if there’s anything that we should have learned during the two decades since the Claremont decision, it’s that even making every district into a ‘rich district’ does nothing to improve student performance.

These results shouldn’t come as a complete surprise.  We’ve been focusing all our attention on money, and very little on what we’re doing with the money.  It’s almost as if we think that something will work better if we pay more for it, or if we take the money out of a different pocket.

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SDGANH: “Preparing for the Future of Schooling” – Ian Underwood (Part 1)

In this seminar, presented by the School District Governance Association of NH (“SDGANH”), the topic of  what will schools and education look like in the future was discussed  and what school board members need to know NOW about the changes (technological, demographic, economic, and political) that they will be facing and ways to view potential … Read more

SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow by Norm Silber – Part 4

This past Thursday night, Norm Silber gave a talk on “SCOTUS: Today and Tomorrow”; a wide ranging discussion on the US Constitution. overview of our jurisprudence system, the hierarchy of the varying levels in our court system, the case flows within the system, the make up of the court, and upcoming issues that the Court … Read more

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