A classic Tea Party vs. RINO battle is taking place in a safely Republican state representative district in southwest St. Louis County (mostly Eureka and parts of Pacific and Wildwood). It’s a battle for the soul of the Republican Party that demands your attention, even if, like me, you don’t live anywhere near the district. […]
You may recall when teacher Peter Greene asked a brilliant question years ago, “Are Common Core Standards Actually Data Tags?” Greene said, “We’ve been saying that CCSS are limited because […]
Are you upset about the political climate today? Do you sometimes wonder who is to blame? Well, Trick or Treat, I think that I can help you with that. Do you have political positions that you support? Good… good, good. Now let me ask you a couple qu…
The U.S. government has some big ideas on big data. The U.S. Federal Data Strategy– calling for feedback. According to this public notice, the Bipartisan Policy Center is hosting a […]
Congress is holding a series of hearings to discuss the possibility of drafting a new federal privacy law. If you didn’t catch the first two Senate Hearings, you can watch […]
I do think it’s time to re-post this, from Columbus Day, 2015 – Why? Because after a few weeks of being bombarded with unsubstantiated charges and hysterical outrage from the most outrageous folks imaginable, I think it’s time, even with as small a nod…
The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights regarding the sexual assault of a 5 year old little girl in […]
This weekend I had the honor of addressing the Eagle Council in Washington DC about cognitive science’s case for limited technology in the classroom. The Education Panel that I sat […]
What has become the process for the Senate to give ‘Advice and Consent’ upon a nominee to the Supreme Court, is to have a background check performed by the FBI, prior to a hearing by the Senate Judiciary committee, to review any judicial record or rele…
The line that “If you don’t vote for Candidate X, THEN YOU’RE VOTING FOR CANDIDATE Y!!!”, is neither a good argument, nor a laughing matter, and treating it as one, or the other, or both, is not a responsible approach to one of your most fundamental ci…
[Re-posting this date adjusted post, on what is now the 231st anniversary of our Constitution, because it asks those few questions that are really worth asking ourselves today. Last year they were especially worth asking after two days of rioting for ‘…
[Re-posting this date adjusted post, on what is now the 231st anniversary of our Constitution, because it asks those few questions that are really worth asking ourselves today. Last year they were especially worth asking after two days of rioting for ‘…
In remembering what happened on September 11th, 17 years ago, I’ve patched this post together from a number of memories and posts and comments I’ve made from then to now. Where they began, of course, was on the morning of September 11th, 2001, when my …