Whether you’re staying close to home or traveling far this Thanksgiving, hopefully you’ll have some time for family fun and a bit of relaxation. At a convenient point during our family’s festivities, I’m going to pass around a copy of George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789. I would like my children, who are all now […]
By observing the number of visitors to the GiN site during election seasons, it’s easy to see that a lot of Nebraska voters not only seek out a sample ballot some time before they head to the polls, but they are especially interested in more in-depth information about candidates and ballot items. Noting these trends, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a TAC member’s blog. All members have access to submit posts and share their views anonymously, or publicly. We occasionally feature those posts here. Not a member yet? JOIN HERE. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) truly understood governmental systems, power, and liberty. He served in the republic of Florence, being especially involved in…
No protesting the government? No freedom of the press? Lawmakers jailed? Is this the story of the Soviet Union during the Cold War? No. It describes the United States in 1798 after the passage of the Sedition Act. The History Channel describes it as one of the “most egregious breaches of the U.S. Constitution in…
“Judge Miller is an Old Granny and a miserable doughface. Be prepared to resist, even at the expense of life, the encroachment of this sum of all villainies.” This text is from a resolution passed by the city of Oakland Wisc. in 1855 after the jury found abolitionist Sherman Booth guilty of violating the Fugitive…
For those who say I’m only one person or my one vote doesn’t matter what can I do? You can, if nothing else, make phone call as we asked (Bill to STOP Common Core in Jeopardy) and those that did made all the difference. When on June 19, 2014 the Education Committee Chairman stood to…
it all comes back to money. Funds the federal government took and now flaunts in the faces of state legislatures have proven to be an irresistible bait.
Many parents are beginning to ask this question as the debate over Common Core heats up. There are several reasons Common Core is a really bad thing for your kids. Common Core is a nationalized education program. Some people may say this is a good thing. After all, we should want common standards across the…
Raleigh, NC, June 4, 2014 — Today, the North Carolina House passed a bill that would end the state’s involvement in Common Core educational standards, effectively nullifying its implementation within the state. The vote was 78-39. House Bill 1061 (HB1061) went through two hectic days. On Tuesday, the House Education Committee rewrote the original bill…
Common Core is nationalized education – one-size-fits-all learning standards imposed on all states and school districts by the federal government. It is not state led. It is not voluntary.