By Karen Schroeder Wisconsin legislators invited Kathleen Porter-Magee of the Fordham Institute to testify before a joint committee on education about Common Core Standards. She also wrote “The Truth about Common Core” for National Review online. Ms. Porter-Magee’s testimony and article lack a basic understanding of the reasons that tax payers are opposed to Common…
Ken VanDoren
The Case of the Disappearing Web Pages
By Ken Van Doren I have intently been following the Common Core “State” Standards (CCSS) battles for some time now, and have been fully engaged in it for several months. The intent of this article is not to make the anti- CCSS arguments that others have already made on these pages quite well, but to…
Paul Driessen
Mindless “Green” Indoctrination of Children
Fracking offers case study of propaganda by environmentalists, teachers and fellow students By Paul Driessen “We’re from the Earth Guardians group, and we’re working on fracking and how it’s going to affect our future and our health. So we wrote this song for all the gas companies that are putting their profits ahead of our…
Marita Noon
A vote for permanent poverty
By Marita Noon Late last month, the elected officials of a small, rural New Mexico county became the first in the nation to vote for permanent poverty. Mora County’s unemployment is double that of most of the country and nearly 500 percent greater than that of some other parts of the state where oil and…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT
The Week That Was June 15, 2013 Quote of the Week For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. Richard Feynman [The Quotes Page] ******************************* Number of the Week 96% ******************************* This Week By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) ******************************* IPCC…
Heartland Institute, James M. Taylor
Debate Highlights Obstacles for a ‘Conservative’ Carbon Tax
By James Taylor A much-anticipated carbon tax debate in Washington D.C. last Thursday brought some much needed clarity to assertions that conservatives should or indeed do support a carbon tax. The timing of the debate couldn’t have been better, as Senate leaders announced on that same day the Senate will hold hearings on a carbon…