Later today, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will be launching an initiative to secure $5 billion “to transform the teacher profession from top to bottom.” [1] While there is quite a bit of political maneuvering surrounding this announcement, it truly represents the worst of the flawed ideology that has seriously damaged education in America. Perhaps … Continue reading
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“Your Ideas, Your NATO” Policy Workshop
The below policy workshop competition was submitted by one of our readers for those interested in NATO policy under age 35. — “Your Ideas, Your NATO” is the newest policy workshop competition from atlantic-community.org, the open think tank on foreign policy. “Your Ideas, Your NATO” is an opportunity for students and young professionals to share … Continue reading
Why Education Will be a Top Issue for the 2012 Election
In 2011, education emerged indirectly as a hot button issue during the public sector collective bargaining battles in states across the country. The bitter pill offered by Republican governors has still left a bad taste in the mouths of voters and has resulted in the recall of lawmakers and the repeal of legislation. Unfortunately for … Continue reading
The Lost Generation
On Wednesday, the Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted a seminar on Restoring the Middle Class. Senator Harkin, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, outlined his need plan to attempt to restore middle class section of America. He began with “Over the past year, Republicans have been pushing not … Continue reading
A Different View of the GOP Campaign Trail
The Florida Republican presidential nominee election took place yesterday, and Mitt Romney came out victorious. With the finalized results, many reporters and political scientists are feverishly anticipating the next steps for Gingrich, Paul, Romney and Santorum. In lieu of joining the journalistic hubbub about the elections, I offer an alternate perspective and a less conventional … Continue reading
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Climate Change and Public Heath: The Truth and the Myth
In the APHA Seminar #4: “Climate Change in Public Health”, real solutions were proposed by a panel of five environmental change experts for the impact of the changing environment. Jonathon Patz, director of the School of Public Health at University of Wisconsin-Madison, started the discussion, dictating the known issues of climate changes. His outline consisted … Continue reading
The Conservative Alternative: Gingrich or Santorum? (Pt 1)
Many in The Republican Party are looking for the “Conservative Alternative to Moderate Mitt Romney,” as one Gingrich advertisement put it. Who is the more Conservative; that is, free markets, free people, and limited Republican government. A quick overview of their economic/fiscal policies may help answer that question. However, what about in other policy realms? … Continue reading
EPA:Water raises the bar on Environmental Public Health Reporting.
Today the US Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a revolutionary new program allowing public access to water discharge information. I can say, without a doubt, that this program is everything the EPA’s Green House Gas ministering system should have been. This program allows the user to view point source discharges from both large commercial or small … Continue reading
Unsustainable “Sustainability”
On Wednesday, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (specifically the Brazil Institute) sponsored a summit on “Sustainable Solutions for the Planet’s Energy Challenge.” In this seminar, Mr. Greg Kats (the other speaker was absent) suggested measures in order to mitigate movement toward zero net energy via carbon buildings and cities. Many interesting measures … Continue reading
Mercury, Toxicity, and…No Problems? Oh My.
In December of 2011, Susan Dudley, the Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center proposed something radical in her presentation: “EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Rule Will Not Improve Public Health.” The radical aspect of this presentation seems self-evident. She begins: “The estimated $90 billion per year and 11,000 premature deaths avoided are … Continue reading
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