Monthly Archives: February 2011

Deep Pocket Bargaining

This week Wisconsin school teachers have been joined by many other public sector union workers in their protest of Governor Walker’s attempts to severely limit the scope of their collective bargaining rights.  The fate of public sector unions is now … Continue reading

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How to Solve America’s Education Problems

This week Wisconsin school teachers, upset that their Governor and state legislature is about to limit their bargaining rights and make them pay more into their retirement and health care plans, decided to take a five day weekend.  Instead of … Continue reading

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Talking Heads

I’ll have to admit that I’m a junkie for sports and news.  On the sports side I listen to ESPN reporters on radio and television.  On the news side I watch MSNBC, CNBC, FOX and PBS.  The problem with indulging … Continue reading

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Bullying

There’s been a lot of attention to the subject of “bullying” lately.  You would think that there was an epidemic of bullies running around in the schools.  If the bullying problem has gotten worse over the past half century, I’ve … Continue reading

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