Posts Tagged ‘kids’

Then you can expect them to listen to an address by President Obama on September 8th. Under normal circumstances, this would be innocuous and actually a good thing for the president of the United States to welcome America’s kids back to school and to remind them to study hard and enjoy learning. Unfortunately, with Barack Obama [...]

This is one reason why we need to curb all the environmental fear mongering. Kids are terrified the earth will be unlivable when they grow up. These fears are unnecessary because the earth will go on with or without us:
There’s a new bogeyman lurking in the closet, and this one isn’t imaginary. Us. One out [...]

What an amazing and educational experience for this 5th grade girl. She was given the Black History Month assignment to read a biography about a famous black person, write a report, dress up as that person and deliver the report as if that person were speaking. This 5th grader chose Ella Fitzgerald first, until she [...]

The Other McCain posted a video of a 12 year old girl giving a speech about abortion. Her arguments are impressive. They are well researched and well reasoned. But is it appropriate for a 12 year old to make such controversial arguments publicly? Dr. Melissa Couthier isn’t so sure because, she argues, it borders on [...]

Today Barack Obama signed the expanded SCHIP bill into law. I thought he was ushering in a new era of responsibility.  He must have meant he was ushering in a new era of shifting responsibility from parents to government because that is what is going to happen as a result of this bill. More and [...]