Homeschoolers At Distinct Disadvantage ...more

August 22, 2008

at least until the appeal - Amendment 5 off the ballot. In his ruling, Cooper held the proposed change to the state constitution "fails to fairly inform the voter, in clear and unambiguous language of the chief purposes of the amendment." ...more

August 20, 2008

Edgar K. Browning, professor of economics at Texas A&M University, has a new book aptly titled "Stealing from Each Other." Its subtitle, "How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit," goes to the heart of what the book is about. The rise of equalitarian ideology has driven Americans to steal from one another. Browning explains that certain kinds of equality have been a cherished value in America. Equality under the law and, within reason, equality of opportunity is consistent with a free society. Equality of results is an anathema to a free society and within it lie the seeds of tyranny. ...more

August 11, 2008

I borrow the words of Thomas Paine, "These are the times that try men's souls." Although those familiar words were written in 1776, they have meaningful application in contemporary America as she struggles on the domestic and international scenes. Our nation suffers from an incompetent president and an impotent Congress. As a result of their collective domestic and foreign failures, America's future, quite literally, swings in the wind. ...more

July 29, 2008

The verdict is in: Hernando County's first foray into single-gender education reform is working. ...more

July 17, 2008

The Hernando County School Board was recognized as a "master board" on June 12 in Tampa at the Florida School Board's Association annual spring conference. ...more

June 25, 2008

Alan Levine of Palm Harbor says Republicans lose power when they start acting live liberals. ...more

June 21, 2008

It's interesting to note that among the nine Florida community colleges which joined a pilot program to create a new state college system in which two-year institutions becomes ones granting four-year degrees, every school had dropped the word "community" from its name. ...more

June 8, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Children's Home and the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm have been chosen as finalists for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's third annual Nonprofit of the Year award. ...more

May 28, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Children's Home and the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm have been chosen as finalists for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's third annual Nonprofit of the Year award. ...more

May 28, 2008