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Why Newt? (Part 2 of 2)

Published on January 29, 2012 By sirrahc

In yesterday’s Part 1, I began to discuss Newt Gingrich’s campaign to be the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and in particular how I thought he was getting unfairly pilloried by the Republican establishment, in ads by his opponents, and by liberal provocateurs. Today, I’d like to shift to the positive — namely, Gingrich’s actual Congressional […]

Top 10 Things Liberals Have Taught Me about Myself (Part 3 of 4)

Published on April 30, 2011 By sirrahc

Welcome to the 3rd and penultimate installment of this series, in which I explain how self-deluded I have been about my own hatred and bigotry regarding, well, just about everyone but straight, white, white-collar males between 18 & 65 years of age (or thereabouts). Where was I? Oh… 7) I hate women. And it’s not […]

School Reform That Works

Published on January 25, 2011 By sirrahc

One-third of American fourth-graders are functionally illiterate. Read that again. That’s 33%! These are the findings of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Not surprisingly, other studies have shown that students who cannot read but are still promoted to the next grade — something that happens all too often — will continue to fall […]