Add Another Scandal to the GOP “Family Values” Facade
For decades, the GOP has claimed to be the party of “family values.” From what we have read recently about Governor Noem of South Dakota, who allegedly was romantically entangled with a Trump aide,...
View ArticleJoshua Zeitz: Why Nikki Haley Did Not Admit that Slavery Was a Leading Cause...
Joshua Zeitz is a historian and contributor to Politico. He writes here about Nikki Haley’s failure to admit that slavery was a leading cause, maybe THE leading cause, of the Civil War. Someone asked...
View ArticleSouth Carolina: Moms for Liberty Will Open Their Own Charter School in...
Steve Bailey, an opinion writer for the Charleston Post and Courier, wrote recently about the new charter school that will open in an affluent neighborhood in Charleston. It will use the Hillsdale...
View ArticleTune in Tonight at 7 PM EST for My Talk About Privatization and Attacks on...
I will be in conversation with Todd Scholl of the Center for Educator Wellness & Learning in South Carolina tonight February 15 at 7 pm EST. We will talk about privatization of public schools and...
View ArticleA Video Link to the Conversation about Privatization
Several readers told me they were unable to access my conversation with Todd Scholl of the South Carolina Center for Educatot Wellness and Learning. We talked about attacks on public schools,...
View ArticlePaul Bowers: Reconciling/Resisting Christian Faith and Christian Haters
Paul Bowers used to be the education reporter for the Charleston News & Courier. I contacted him when I was trying to understand some issues that he wrote about. Paul left his newspaper job (I...
View ArticleJonathan V. Last: Trump Showed His Vulnerabilities in South Carolina
Jonathan V. Last edits The Bulwark, an outstanding Never Trump site. He thinks that South Carolina showed big holes in Trump’s vote. He writes: Let’s start with the exit polls. Haley kept it close:...
View ArticleSouth Carolina: Charter Fraud and Profits!
Carol Burris writes here about a charter scandal in South Carolina. Carol is the executive director of the Network for Public Education. She writes: Last week, an excellent investigative report on a...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Imposes Sweeping Book Censorship on School Libraries
Judd Legum at Popular Information writes about South Carolina’s sweeping censorship of school libraries. The state superintendent Ellen Weaver is affiliated with the notorious Moms for Liberty....
View ArticleSouth Carolina: State Supreme Court Overturns Vouchers
Republican-controlled states have been on a crusade to enact vouchers, with the alone stimulus of billionaire lobbying dollars. We know from Michigan State University scholar Josh Cowen that most...
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