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“[State controlled] education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” – Joseph Stalin

"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously."

--Hubert Humphrey

Will Loss Of Power Change Democrat Views?            By Theresa Fritz Camoriano           For the sixty-plus years that Democrats have controlled a major part of the government, they have considered it to be the answer to all social problems and have gradually increased its scope, taking money and power away from the people and giving it to the government (themselves).  In this way, they have used the government to force other people to comply with their priorities and goals, ignoring the many social problems that have been caused by excessive government meddling, and even using these additional problems as excuses for still more government programs.  However, it now appears that the Democrats are out of power, possibly for an extended period of time.              (click to read more)

Here comes Kyoto!          By Henry Lamb            Delegates to the 10th anniversary meeting of the Climate Change Treaty in Buenos Aires are giddy in anticipation of the Kyoto Protocol entering into force early next year. The meeting, which is scheduled for Dec. 6-17, is the first meeting since Russia decided to ratify the agreement.              (click to read more)

Ten Great Reasons Why Kentucky Students Deserve School Choice

REPUBLICANS HAVE NO MORE EXCUSES             by Chuck Muth          Conservative grassroots activists have a lot in common with Boston Red Sox fans: Both have suffered immeasurable levels of disappointment for a long time.  At least for Sox fans, that suffering is now over.             (click to read more)

TERRY’S TIDBITS        by Terry Gray

See Instructions Before Beginning           by Lady Liberty           This past week at work, we got some new equipment at the office. If you ever want to see a couple of adults act like it's Christmas and Santa Claus was very, very good to them, just show up to see us when those big colorful boxes arrive at our door! With great anticipation, my boss and I stopped what we were doing so that we could open a few packages. But the excitement lasted just until we had the first of the boxes open and its contents spread out on a table. You see, under all of the pretty pictures on outside of the box, there was some small print that said: Some assembly required.              (click to read more)

BORK SENATOR SPECTER          By Chuck Muth           While the pundits and politicos can and will argue ‘til the cows come home over the extent and nature of George W. Bush’s re-election mandate, it is indisputable that conservatives of all stripes primarily turned out and voted for the President to continue doing three things: (1) Keep killing bad guys before they kill us, (2) Keep cutting taxes; the more the better, and (3) Keep appointing conservative, strict constructionist judges to the bench.             (click to read more)

What About Kerry and the Atheist Vote?         by Paul Kengor, Ph.D.             While liberals complain about the religious vote that went for George W. Bush, they refuse to discuss—and perhaps happily accept—the non-religious vote that went for John F. Kerry. Which ought to be considered a greater liability for an American president: to receive the overwhelming support of devout Protestants and Catholics or to be backed by atheists? Which speaks worse? Don’t we have this backward?             (click to read more)

THE HARSH TRUTH ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS        BY BRUCE N. SHORTT, FOREWORD BY T.C. PINCKNEY, PUBLISHED BY THE CHALCEDON FOUNDATION            The Indispensable Book for Convincing Christians Why No Child Should be Left Behind in Government Schools

          If you are a Christian school teacher or administrator or a homeschool parent, you have heard all the excuses and evasions Christian parents give for educating their children in the aggressively anti-Christian public schools: “But our school is different,” “Our child is salt and light,” “Our public school has some Christian teachers and administrators,” “We can’t just withdraw from the culture,” “Christian education is too expensive,” and so on.             (click to read more)

To Disappointed Libertarians           By Gordon Francis Corbett           Messrs. Badnarik and Campagna worked very hard for our cause. We owe them a huge debt of thanks, but we must not let their defeat dishearten us.             (click to read more)

One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State         By Jonathan David Morris          John Kerry says “there are no losers” “in an American election.” There’s a part of me that finds this ironic, given that it was said during his concession speech, and given that concession, by definition, means admitting defeat. But then there’s another part of me that realizes irony, by definition, means something unexpected—which would disqualify what Kerry said, since it’s what we’d expect from political rhetoric. So I don’t know what to make of it anymore. I suppose it brings us full circle. Everything was on the line in this election. Or nothing was. It depends on who you talk to.              (click to read more)

The Culture War Has Begun.          By Justin Darr         The reelection of President Bush has sent the Democratic Party reeling.  How could a President with so many perceived negatives win with such relative ease?  The economy is not fantastic, the War in Iraq is not universally popular, health care costs and fuel prices are rising, President Bush smirks and stutters, and the Redskins lost!  Why is John Kerry not President today?  Additionally, why, in a supposedly ideologically divided electorate, have Republicans defied political convention and steadily increased their majorities at both the Federal and State levels?  The truth is undeniable.  Americans are beginning to no longer vote in line with individual candidates’ positions on specific issues, but in accordance to their cultural and moral values.             (click to read more)

The Mystery of Minstrel’s Haven Chapter 2, Part 2           By Andrea Camoriano

          “Looks like it’s working already,” Andwan commented as a school group with about thirty kids – all under the age of ten – swarmed around Sano’s feet, each of them clamoring to get his or her question answered first.

          “Hey, hey, hey!  Settle down!” Andwan called forward over Sano’s shoulder.  As expected, the little fluffbrains didn’t listen to her, so she had to slide off and hike around to Sano’s forequarters             (click to read more).

“Arlen Specter is the last of a dying breed of northeastern liberal Republicans. He is the most visible and trouble-making RINO (Republican in Name Only) in the Senate. He is captured by the trial lawyers. He has one of the worst voting records on fiscal issues, according to the National Taxpayers Union and the Citizens Against Government Waste. He opposed the first Bush tax cut. This is a Republican? . . . . If he gets the (Judiciary Committee) chairmanship, conservatives will spend six years cursing that day.”

- Steve Moore, Club for Growth

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