Showing posts with label government intervention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government intervention. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Draining the swamp: American education is ripe for improvement

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Commentary by James Shott Among the many hot topics since Donald Trump won election as the 45 th President of...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016

The Constitution provides states with a high degree of sovereignty

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Commentary by James Shott When the founders of our young nation realized that the original governing document, the Articles of Confe...
Tuesday, May 05, 2015

Washington State and Seattle set the nation’s highest minimum wage

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Commentary by James Shott    Since 1998, Washington State has led the nation in both local and statewide minimum wage levels, whic...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

America’s schools reflect cultural problems

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The news about U.S. education from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is much less than satisfacto...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Taking a look at how green energy is working in Europe and America

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As the United States grapples with conflicting ideas about whether and to what extent man causes global climate change, the zealous movem...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Local schools increasingly under the thumb of the federal government

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Commentary by James Shott A video produced and distributed by Restore Oklahoma Public Education (ROPE) contains information that should ...
Tuesday, April 08, 2014

The evidence is mounting: Idiocy is taking control of America

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With her parents’ approval, 9-year-old Kamryn shaved her head in support of her friend, 11-year-old Delaney, who is battling neuroblastoma, ...
Tuesday, January 07, 2014

What do minimum wage demographics say about raising the wage?

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There has been a lot of uproar in the media lately about raising the minimum wage so that those people earning it would earn a “living wage....
Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Death to Nidal Hasan and the better food in schools movement?

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On November 5, 2009, US Army Major Nidal Hasan, a Muslim and psychiatrist at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood, Texas, o...