Do you want another bureaucratic position created at the New Hampshire Department of Education? One that would work with school counselors but not treat the children who desperately need services?
‘Green Leap Forward’
In the book Mao’s Great Famine, author Frank Dikötter describes in vivid detail the period between 1958 and 1962 where an estimated 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved, or beaten to death in a mad rush to overtake the Western world as measured by agricultural and industrial outputs.
Jeff Bezos Stepping Down as CEO of Amazon to Focus on Other Things…
Jeff Bezos, one of the few people in the world rich enough to be an actual Bond Villain, is stepping down as CEO of Amazon. In today’s announcement, Bezos said he wanted to focus his “attention on new products and early initiatives.”
Palate Cleanser – what a thought unfinished….
But is it true? So, can you folks think of more of these? Name the job type and the animal that goes with it… (H/T: Powerline)
Secession by Other Means
Some people have been talking about “secession.” Many conservatives and libertarians are asking if it makes sense. Whether it makes “sense” or not, it will not happen. No state legislature would vote to initiate the process of secession.
Teachers Union Blocks Remote Learning on “Snow Days”
If you’re wondering why, in a world where remote learning has become the norm, snow means the cancelation of school in the city of Manchester, look no further than the Manchester Education Association.
Notable Quote – Shareholder or Stakeholder?
The greedy capitalists of the old shareholder model of corporate responsibility had one thing in common with their shareholders, namely, both were largely motivated in the same way. Management was incentivized to maximize profits, and investors invested so that those managers would do so. Under the new stakeholder dispensation, presumably management is to be concerned … Read more
Arizona Senate Hires Independent Firm for Forensic Election Audit
Election “related news” has faded a bit unless you are convinced Biden is an actor working on an Oval Office Sound Stage. But there’s still news to be had about a point I’ve made a few times on the radio and in personal conversations. States need to fix their elections, or Democrats will never lose again.
EFAs: Additional Costs Are the New Savings
The recent report ‘New Hampshire Department of Education Long-Term Comprehensive Modeling Analysis of Education Freedom Accounts’ is supposed to show how Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs) can save taxpayers a bunch of money. But while reading it, I was reminded of a puzzle that we were often asked about at Ask Dr. Math, which is pictured … Read more
When Did Democrats Practice the Civility to Which They Seek to Return?
The Democrats claim to want to ‘return to civility.’ But when did they practice it? If you are going to return to something don’t you have to have gone there first? Larry Elder has written a piece that makes this point.
While the Left Was Defunding the Police the US Had a 30% Spike in Homicides
Democrats destroy everything they touch. You’ve heard me say it before because it’s true. Livelihoods, lives, all grist for the political mill. And the summer of protests to defund the police were no different. While Dems were rushing to defund the police, US cities saw an unprecedented 30% spike in homicides.
“There’s nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic”
The new post-Trump era is upon us. Reality as we had known it for the last four years is facing reinvention. Let’s roll through some noteworthy events. Pfizer had hinted that a vaccine could be ready in late October. Then, mysteriously, it wasn’t… Then, stranger still, it appeared.
If You Value Free Speech Stop Allowing Serial Liars to Police the Truth
If the modern war on free speech had a name, we would call it disinformation. Becasue the people predisposed to such tactics also argue that they have an obligation to protect you from liars without acknowledging their own “historically rocky relationship with truth.”
Asian Rights Activists Diss Biden’s China-Virus Anti-Racism Emergency-Order Pandering
Joe Biden is a big fan of affirmative action. Kamal Harris is too. And while Trump fought the practice, the Obiden administration is expected to let the Affirmative action good times roll. That will deliberately discriminate against Asian students who might care less what you call the virus that originated in China.
CDC Mandates Masks Nationwide on All Public Transporation and Some Private (Rideshare).
The Center for Dystopian Chaos (CDC) has released new rules for the peasants. Ye shall wear a mask (over nose and mouth) on any conveyance or at or in any transportation hub. Air, bus, train, cab, and even rideshare services will be expected to enforce the rules.
HB 20, “Education Freedom Accounts,” Will Usher In Private/Home School Regulation and Broad Based Taxes
After the long pandemic year, thousands of parents are beyond frustrated with “remote” and “hybrid” instruction for their children. As a result, thousands of students have already left public schools, and many parents are desperately looking for alternative ways to give their children an adequate education.
The Magic of Per-Student Cost
Are your state representatives smarter than fifth-graders? Here’s a word problem that even a fifth-grader should be able to solve: A boat ferries passengers across a lake. Ten people want to ride it together. The captain says: It costs me $100 to run the boat, so you’ll have to pay an average of $10 each. … Read more
Lincoln Project Finally Finds the Juice To Denounce Co-Founder as “a “predator, a liar, and an abuser.”
We’ve been railing on the Lincoln Project “since forever,” but like everyone and everything else, when they do something right, we feel like we need to share that. What happened? The silence they have maintained over the sexual predation of co-founder Rick Wilson has ended.
SO! Do you think that the Left is breaching the wall? We’re getting Cloward-Pivened again.
When Obama came to Power, it got ridiculous. Having started GraniteGrok a couple of years before that, I had gotten used to from four to six “important” items of note to track and write about. And then, SWAMPED! It felt like I was in a ball with stuff incoming from all angles of the X,Y … Read more
NH GOP Annual Meeting – Another Observation From A Loyal Reader
As a Merrimack County GOP Committee member, who was credentialed to attend this fiasco, it went exactly like anyone with a brain would know it would go; and, the mere fact that out of the starting gate 50 people voted “multiple” times on a yes or no “monkey” survey, was when this meeting needed to adjourn.