SECURITY VERSUS LIBERTY
One of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, wisely stated many years ago, that if you are willing to give up any liberty for security you deserve neither. If Ben Franklin were […]
One of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, wisely stated many years ago, that if you are willing to give up any liberty for security you deserve neither. If Ben Franklin were […]
Winston Churchill once used the phrase, the Locust Years, to describe his government’s reaction to the economic crisis of the early 1930’s. I believe that Europe’s reaction to the Great […]
It is over two years, now, since the Senate passed an immigration bill. The country is still waiting for legislation that will finally deal with an old issue, an […]
The Supreme Court yesterday spoke to two cases, DOMA and California’s Proposition 8. Regarding DOMA the majority of the court held that the 14th Amendment was applicable in that a […]
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution states that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States , or […]
STEALTH TEACHING John Eichinger, Ph.D. Professor, College of Education California State University, Los Angeles The ongoing assault on public schooling compels me to propose that it is time for teachers […]
Back when Richard Nixon ran for President in the late 1960’s, he had a southern strategy. In the last several years it is curious that the Republican Party seems to […]
Here we are in the 21st Century and men still don’t get it, and this is coming from a man. What we don’t get is that women are very much […]
If you wonder why things are so slow to change or do not change at all, follow the money in politics. Money has had a corrupting influence in politics for […]
On this first day of summer let me wish all of you a great summer season. It would be foolish to assume that we could ever eliminate partisanship from politics […]