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It’s Not Easy Being Red-Muppet Supports Entitlement Program
I don’t know what’s more disturbing, that there is actually a character called “Lily the Food-Insecure Muppet” on Sesame Street or that Muppets are helping to promote government-funded food programs. This post is not to open a debate on the worthiness... (Continue reading)
Rudolph the Bullied Gay-Nosed Reindeer?
If you were like me and grew up watching Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, you were blissfully unaware on the damage that what seemed like a fun, positive stop-animation show about a deer with a glowing nose was inflicting upon... (Continue reading)
La. House budget committee backs caps for education superintendent, college leaders
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana House’s budget committee wants to cap salaries for the state’s education superintendent and college leaders, arguing Monday the compensation has grown too fast and is out of line with other states in the region.... (Continue reading)
Student to burn American flag in peaceful protest tomorrow at noon
Updated: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 23:05 Benjamin Haas, communication studies graduate student, will burn an American flag tomorrow at noon on the Parade Ground as part of a peaceful protest, according to Cody Wells, Student Government president. Wells said Haas... (Continue reading)
Louisiana’s Higher Education System Not Making the Grade
Slack admissions and low graduation rates cost taxpayers an estimated $440 million annually NEW ORLEANS, La. – A report from the Higher Education Research/Policy Center, released today, claims that more than one third of Louisiana’s higher education funds are wasted on non-graduating students. Harry Stille... (Continue reading)
City Journal: Big Easy Rising
The current issue of City Journal has an article from Nicole Gelinas which is well worth a read. It’s an overview of New Orleans’ recovery from Katrina and how in many ways the city has successfully translated one of the... (Continue reading)
The Bradley Schaefer Affair, Part Three And A Twitter Brawl
The final installment of CampusReform.org‘s three-part expose’ of LSU astronomy professor Bradley Schaefer’s interactive Global Warming Lecture Experience made its way to the internet on Friday, with the highlight of the final episode being a series of dire predictions about... (Continue reading)
Wise Words
I drank my first cup of coffee this morning while reading the letters to the editor section of my local newspaper. At the top was one written by an economist who got his degrees from our system of higher education... (Continue reading)
Louisiana Education Budget Cuts Highlight Need for Vouchers
Monday’s disconcerting news that the state’s budget formula falls $42 million short of the anticipated needs of public schools reflects the necessity for creative and innovative solutions to the public education dilemma. In the midst of an ongoing state fiscal... (Continue reading)
The Bradley Schaefer Affair, Part Two: Class Questions
In the second installment of CampusReform.org’s expose of Dr. Bradley Schaefer’s LSU astronomy class, we see more of the parameters the professor set for his class discussion of global warming and greenhouse gases. They don’t appear to support the narrative... (Continue reading)