Candidates accuse opponents of homeschool advocacy
Senator Tony Fulton is a conservative Republican running for legislature in Nebraska’s 29th district, covering a pretty conservative section of the capital city. He is also well-known around here because of his support of homeschoolers during LB1141, a bill introduced this year which would have required homeschoolers to submit to greater state oversight. [...]
Something To Be Proud Of by Dana Hanley
Something to be Proud of
by Dana Hanley,
fellow Grizzly Groundswell Contributor and blogger at Principled Discovery
I’ve always had a measure of old-fashioned American patriotism, and I was actually quite shocked when I realized citizens of other nations don’t necessarily share such sentiments about their own nations. But the summer of 1994 was the first time I [...]
NE Senator introduces legislation detrimental to homeschools
January 23, 2008, Senator Schitek of Lincoln, NE introduced Legislative Bill 1141, which would dramatically interfere with the independence of homeschools. Under current law, Nebraskan homeschools (referred to as unaccredited private schools) are “acknowledged” by the Commissioner of Education when the annual paperwork is received. This paperwork consists of an intent form, a [...]
A little hope for conservative voters
Skimming through Spunky’s posts on Huckabee, I came across a comment that illustrates most of the conversation I have had recently regarding the current presidential race. Despite the warning to not “get too depressed,” Quiverdaddy does present a rather dismal picture of this presidential race in regards to a truly conservative candidate, as he dismisses [...]
Spanking and abuse
Massachusetts seems to have set off a national debate on the use of corporal punishment with its proposed legislation to ban the practice. State representative Jay Kaufman who is presenting the bill on behalf of the Arlington nurse who first proposed it says of the bill,
We need to have a serious public conversation, not about [...]
