[First]  [Previous] |    18     19     20     21     22     23     24     25     26     27    | [Next]  [Last] of 807 page(s)

Anti-Discrimination:The Right to Demand Service from Others

The Real Revo

by Van-a-gram

May 17, 2011

This story is going to be teed up in the press as an ObamaCare issue, slanted to the no-access-to-health-care angle.

Why kids hate school - subject by subject

washingtonpost.com

by Valerie Strauss

September 6, 2012

A little while ago I published a post by cognitive scientist Roger C. Schank who wrote that contrary to popular opinion, algebra is not necessary and STEM education is overrated.

In this follow-up piece, Schank goes subject by subject explaining why he thinks they are useless and why so many kids hate learning them. Schank, also an artificial intelligence theorist and education reformer, has taught at Stanford and Yale universities and is the John Evans Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Psychology, and Education at Northwestern University. Schank, the former head of the Institute for the Learning Sciences, is the author of "Teaching Minds: How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools." A version of this appeared on his Education Outrage blog.

Police perform 5:00AM raid to look for missing cell phone, give father a fatal heart-attack

policestateusa.com

by Valerie Salvati

August 23, 2013

Cell phones are one of the most important items that many people possess. But are they so valuable that police should perform a dangerous home raid while residents are sleeping?

A raid that could literally scare someone to death? For one family in Brooklyn, that's exactly what happened, in the search for a cell phone. On Thursday, August 15, 2013, police responded to a report of a 21-year-old woman who had her cell phone stolen. A witness told police he observed someone with red pants run into 379 Rockaway Parkway. Officers arrived at the address, and claimed they knocked politely on door, asking for residents' cooperation in allowing them to search. The family who occupies the basement apartment, as well as the residents of the first floor, offer a different version of events. The Alcis family showed NY Daily News their door, which was splintered near the lock from where police pried it open.

Hacker Accesses Clinton Benghazi Emails

Personal Liberty Alerts

by Upi - United Press International, Inc.

March 19, 2013

A hacker sent confidential emails to Hillary Clinton from longtime confidant Sidney Blumenthal to journalists and politicians worldwide, TheSmokingGun.com said.

The hacker, known as "Guccifer," gained access to Blumenthal's AOL email account last week and sorted out all memos the senior White House adviser to President Bill Clinton sent to the former secretary of state, TheSmokingGun reported Monday. In a series of weekend email blasts, Guccifer sent four of the emails discussing the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, to congressional aides, political figures and journalists.

Obama Talking Medicare, Social Security Cuts

Personal Liberty Alerts

by Upi - United Press International, Inc.

March 4, 2013

U.S. President Barack Obama is talking to Democrats and Republicans about cutting Medicare and Social Security entitlements, a White House official said.

"He's reaching out to Democrats who understand we have to make serious progress on long-term entitlement reform, and Republicans who realize that if we had that type of entitlement reform, they'd be willing to have tax reform that raises revenues to lower the deficit," Gene Sperling, director of Obama's National Economic Council, told CNN's "State of the Union."

U.S. To Court: Prop 8 UnConstitutional

Personal Liberty Alerts

by Upi - United Press International, Inc.

March 1, 2013

The Obama administration Thursday told the U.S. Supreme Court California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

The administration said the ban in California's Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection. The government's brief said private individuals, "committed gay and lesbian couples, seek the full benefits, obligations, and social recognition conferred by the institution of marriage. California law provides to same-sex couples registered as domestic partners all the legal incidents of marriage, but it nonetheless denies them the designation of marriage allowed to their opposite-sex counterparts.

Woodward: White House Email Was Threatening

Personal Liberty Alerts

by Upi - United Press International, Inc.

February 28, 2013

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward, half of The Washington Post's famous Watergate team, says he received a threatening email from a senior White House aide.

In his "Behind the Curtain" column, Woodward, a prolific political author, said Gene Sperling, economic adviser to President Obama, messaged him that he would "regret" questioning the administration's version on how the forced federal spending cuts known as sequestration came about. The $85 billion in across-the-board federal budget cuts go into effect over the next few months if an agreement is not reached by Friday. Woodward said in his 2012 best-selling book "The Price of Politics" that the idea for the sequester began in the White House, something the president denied and that the White House later acknowledged.

Memo: Drone Strikes On U.S. Citizens Legal

Personal Liberty Alerts

by Upi - United Press International, Inc.

February 5, 2013

The United States can target its own citizens with drone strikes if they have recently been involved in violent attacks, a Justice Department memo says.

NBC News reported Monday it had obtained a copy of the confidential 16-page memo. The case made for targeting U.S. citizens in countries such as Yemen is similar to, but goes beyond, the one laid out by Attorney General Eric Holder and other officials. "The condition that an operational leader present an 'imminent' threat of violent attack against the United States does not require the United States to have clear evidence that a specific attack on U.S. persons and interests will take place in the immediate future," the memo said.

Ohio Senate Sign Misspells 'Education'

Personal Liberty Alerts

by Upi - United Press International, Inc.

January 31, 2013

A sign commissioned by the Ohio state Senate for the Statehouse misspells the word "education" as "educateion."

Officials said the company hired to make the sign - which was meant to read "Finance-Education Subcommittee" - misspelled the word "education" as "educateion," website StateImpact Ohio reported Wednesday.

Student Opens Fire At California High School

Personal Liberty Alerts

by Upi - United Press International, Inc.

January 10, 2013

A student armed with a shotgun opened fire in a Southern California high school Thursday, injuring at least one student, investigators said.

The incident prompted evacuation of Taft High School in Taft, KGET, Bakersfield, reported. The Kern County Sheriff's Department said one student had been airlifted to the Kern Medical Center and a second student was in custody. KNBC, Los Angeles, reported a teacher suffered minor injuries.

[First]  [Previous] |    18     19     20     21     22     23     24     25     26     27    | [Next]  [Last] of 807 page(s)