The Maine Wire: “Maine teachers turning on Common Core” plus 3 more‏

Maine teachers turning on Common Core Posted: 22 May 2014 08:35 AM PDT AUGUSTA – Maine teachers are growing frustrated with the Common Core State Standards, a controversial educational reform that has quietly wound its way into nearly every American school in the past few years. “Teachers from around the country (including many here in Maine) have expressed concerns about the way the Common Core standards are being […]

Frary: Government Venture Capital – Genius or Idiocy? Posted: 22 May 2014 08:14 AM PDT As we have seen from Mike Michaud economic plan for energizing Maine’s economy, upyanking the economically undertrodden, rescuing the middle class, curing the ills, and cultivating carnations on the sidewalks along Congress Street, the Democrats have warmed to the word “invest” and grown chill to the word “spend.” Cynics, Republicans, and citizens blessed with IQ […]

Convention of States: It’s Time for the States to Get in the Game Posted: 22 May 2014 08:10 AM PDT By Ken Quinn – Since the start of our government under the Constitution on March 9, 1789, Congress has proposed over 11,500 amendments to the Constitution with only thirty-three of those being passed by the necessary two-thirds of both houses in order to be sent to the states for ratification. Only twenty-seven out of those thirty-three proposed […]

Daily Catch: Oil-funded Enviros, Democratic Dark Money, VA Scandal and more… Posted: 22 May 2014 07:58 AM PDT Stinging Greens: James O’Keefe, conservative guerrilla journalist is at it again, this time with a undercover recording that shows prominent Hollywood film makers negotiating a $9 million payout to make an anti-fracking video on behalf of a Middle Eastern oil tycoon. Hydraulic fracturing – known as fracking – is the process through which natural gas […]