An Iraqi soldier opened fire on a U.S. military team Saturday, killing two American soldiers and wounding three, the U.S. military said, in an attack... »
Education
Teacher packs poop in 5-year-old’s backpack
A father and mother in Washington state are outraged after their 5-year-old son was sent home from school, allegedly forced to carry a package of human feces along with an embarrassing note from his kindergarten teacher. "This little turd was on the floor in my room," said the note from Susan Graham, an instructor at Apple Valley Elementary School in Yakima,... »
Death threats target opponents of ‘gay’ promotion
At least one pro-family organization that has opposed the pro-homosexual "Day of Silence" is being targeted with hate e-mails and telephone calls, including suggestions that officials go and kill themselves. "You may not be gay, but you may be next," said one e-mail, which included a photograph of a casket, according to Karen England, executive director of the Sacramento-based Capitol Resource... »
Keep kids home, parents are told
Activists for years have staged "Day of Silence" events in which students and even teachers in public schools remain quiet for an entire day to lobby for approval of homosexuality. But now a coalition of family organizations is raising the stakes by encouraging parents to keep their children home on that day so there's no audience for the protest. The organizer... »
Students fear ‘anti-religious indoctrination’
Elected student leaders at American River College in Sacramento, Calif., have adopted a resolution that seeks to protect classmates from the "anti-religious and political indoctrination" of professors and others on campus. "I think we have accomplished a historic and very significant act today by passing this resolution to advocate for a Student Bill of Rights," said student Rep. George Popko, who... »
Video exposes ‘all whites are racist’ teachings
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which fights for the speech rights of students on America's college campuses, has released a video documenting a "thought control" policy at the University of Delaware. WND reported on the issue when the university's office of residential life was caught requiring students to participant in a program that taught "all whites are racist." School officials... »
University to student: Endorse being ‘gay’ or leave
A lawsuit has been filed against Eastern Michigan University, accusing the school of tossing a student out of a graduate counseling program because she refused to endorse homosexuality as morally good. Julea Ward filed suit after she was dismissed from the school's counseling training for not affirming homosexuality and then refusing to recant her beliefs in "disciplinary proceedings," according to the... »
ACLU takes walk-on role in ‘Rent’ flap
A Southern California high school that briefly canceled the gay-themed musical "Rent" has been sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for sanctioning a "sexist and homophobic" atmosphere on campus. In a lawsuit filed March 18 against the principal of Corona Del Mar High School and the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, the ACLU of Southern California contended that the harassment could... »
Board votes to create Barack Obama Academy
Though the 44th president hasn't yet completed his first 100 days in office, a school board in California, at the request of students, has voted to rename its facility, making it reportedly the first middle school in the country named after Barack Obama. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that several students from Oakland's Alternative Learning Community public school waited for hours... »
Next on school agenda: Teaching communism
A new plan by a California lawmaker would allow schools to be used to promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, and let teachers in public district classrooms "inculcate in the mind of any pupil a preference for communism," according to a traditional values advocacy organization. "Just when we thought the indoctrination in California's public schools couldn't get any worse, state... »
Homeschool-denying judge sets case on mom’s Sabbath
The judge who ordered a North Carolina homeschooling mother to place her children in public school demanded all objections to his order to be filed today – the day the mom in the case observes the Sabbath. Venessa Mills says she was unable to meet the deadline for two reasons – because it was Sunday and because she was up until... »
NY Post
- Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama's signature March 17, 2010
- O's middle-class squeeze March 17, 2010 By SCOTT GOTTLIEB
- Hiram shellacked in vote March 17, 2010 By MAGGIE HABERMAN
- Pelosi in sleight of hand March 17, 2010 By GEOFF EARLE and S.A. MILLER Post Correspondents
- Prober: E-mails March 17, 2010 By FREDRIC U. DICKER State Editor
- O cancer gal was $ick over nothing March 17, 2010 By MEGHAN BARR
- Ravitch plan setback March 17, 2010 By FREDRIC U. DICKER State Editor
- Throw the bums out: poll March 17, 2010 By ED ROBINSON
Washington Times
- Judge refuses to delay Blagojevich trial March 17, 2010 Mike Robinson ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Kucinich will vote for health care reform March 17, 2010 <StaffMember: Jennifer Haberkorn>
- FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan March 17, 2010 ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Senate OKs jobs bill on bipartisan vote March 17, 2010 Andrew Taylor ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Obama team takes heat over unemployment March 17, 2010 <StaffMember: Stephen Dinan>
- Obama, Hill wage intelligence turf battle March 17, 2010 <StaffMember: Kara Rowland>
- 'Self-executing rule' decried as a 'trick' March 17, 2010 <StaffMember: Jennifer Haberkorn>
- Senate approves modest earmark cut March 17, 2010 <StaffMember: Stephen Dinan>
- Political Scene March 17, 2010 STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
- Inside the Beltway March 17, 2010 <StaffMember: Jennifer Harper INSIDE THE BELTWAY>
