Andre's Executive Order

I wanted to write briefly about how hard it is to be married to a public school teacher. Particularly in recent months, with all the protests and bitter battles over benefits and state salaries, I thought I'd chime in and really let you see how much of a pain in the ass it is to have a teacher as a wife. It's hard to do my taxes at the end of the year and realize just how much of our income was spent on school supplies and specific tools for student needs that the district couldn't or wouldn't provide. It's equally hard to keep my mouth shut about it because I know she will defend those expenses to her last breath. It's hard to watch her leave every morning at 6:30am and know that if I'm lucky I'll see her at 7pm that night. Once in a while she's out by 4pm, but usually I don't see her until after dark, and there are times – frequently – that I get that call from school saying 'go ahead and eat, I won't be back until after 10.' ...

I challenge the Republican establishment to explain themselves. This is not an attempt to attack conservative base values, it is instead a direct attack on the Republican political party and its priorities. It is my contention that neither conservatives nor libertarians are being served by that group in its current form. Today's topic: Education The Money Tree Every time the state runs into financial trouble under Republican watch, education seems to be one of the first things on the chopping block. Corporations, meanwhile, are one of the last to see an increase in taxation to make up the shortfall. This defies basic structural logic if public education has value, which I think every US citizen would agree it does. To understand the logical failing, we have to understand what we mean by value. Having an education gives a student the tools necessary to be able to realize their individual initiative and perform the jobs asked for them in the private sector. So in effect educ...