While most of the rest of New Jersey was shopping and celebrating, I immersed myself in an article that shined some light on New Jersey’s new teacher tenure and evaluation law. The lesson? Principals, supervisors and other district evaluators are…
Category: Politics
Utah lawmakers have reacted with contempt for a planned weapons training convention to be held for 200 Utah teachers tomorrow. The Utah Shooting Sports Council has said they usually gather around a dozen teachers each year for training to carry…
This man was one of the “4 million members” of the NRA who has had enough of being played like a pawn to put more money into the pockets of gun manufactures. Following the shooting in Newtown Connecticut and the…
NBC’s David Gregory may have violated D.C.’s gun laws by brandishing a 30-round magazine on his show, Meet The Press Sunday, and now the matter is “under investigation” by the police. The round was purportedly for an AR-15 or other similar assault rifle. According…
Republican U.S. Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho was arrested early on Sunday in a Washington suburb and charged with driving under the influence, police said. An officer stopped Crapo in Alexandria, Virginia, after spotting a vehicle running a red traffic signal, city police said…
Grover Norquist: “One of the challenges, of course, is people see this happening; they realize that the president has not been negotiating at all over the past three months,” Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, said on CNN’s…
Michael Steele was once the Chairman for the RNC, and after hearing what the NRA had to say in today’s press conference, Michael Steele said, “I don’t even know where to begin. As a supporter of the Second Amendment and…
Well that was quick. It was over before it even started. Just a few short moments ago, House Republicans defeated their leader, John Boehner, with a resounding NO to his alleged “Plan B.” The vote was supposed to happen tonight didn’t even…
In a statement released by the White House, Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer says President Obama would veto John Boehner’s “Plan B” proposal to extend Bush tax cuts for everyone making up to $1 million: This approach does not meet the…
KEARNS, Utah – A 6th grade student brought an unloaded handgun to West Kearns Elementary School Monday. The 11-year-old boy allegedly told other students his parents encouraged him to bring a gun to school for protection following the shootings at…
Gunfire broke out at a San Antonio movie theater late Sunday, leaving two people wounded and sending panicked moviegoers rushing for the exits and ducking for cover, according to CBS San Antonio affiliate KENS, which cites police and witnesses. Witnesses…
In this week’s presidential address, President Obama spoke about the tragedy in Newtown Connecticut and insist that politicians and the nation must come together to take “meaningful action to prevent more tragedies” in the future. We have endured far too…