Tag: New Visions Commentary

The Secretary of Education Should Put His Money Where His Mouth is on Teacher Tenure Reform, by Hughey Newsome

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It's hard to find truer words than those of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu. In his recent ruling that California's teacher tenure laws violate the California state constitution, Judge Treu stated such laws cause "the potential ...
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A Flat GDP is Much More Important than Donald Sterling, by Hughey Newsome

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While many Americans were distracted by the controversy over a taped private conversation between a billionaire and his mistress, some very scary news from the Bureau of Economic Analysis went largely unnoticed. According to this federal agency's report, the U.S ...
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Three Ways To Save Your Hood Today, by Nadra Enzi

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Self-defense. Private security. Police-community unity. These are the three pillars that comprise my strategy for successful anti-crime activism. Notice that none of these three suggestions require blessings from on high (or low) from the bureaucrats who often are either indifferent ...
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Even Obama Can Be Accused of Voter Suppression, by Hughey Newsome

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At the recent annual convention of Al Sharpton's National Action Network, President Obama said his political opponents are "pass[ing] laws to make it harder, not easier, to vote." It was another attempt by the President and his supporters to energize ...
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Al Sharpton Sets Terrible Example By Hugging Vote Fraudster, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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After he has made such a spectacle of himself in professing that voter protection laws are unnecessary, it was unsettling for Al Sharpton to publicly hug a convicted perpetrator of vote fraud at a public event. Yet, there was Sharpton ...
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Despite Scare Stories, Fears About BPA are Unnecessary, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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As soon as someone mentions BPA (bisphenol A), I recall the glasses and glass containers our family now uses to replace the plastic containers that previously populated our cupboards. Like many moms, my top priority is keeping my kids safe, ...
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War on Poverty Won’t Be Won – Unless We Change Strategy, by Derryck Green

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Afghanistan is not, as the media calls it, "America's longest war." In reality, that is the government's "War on Poverty." In 1986, President Ronald Reagan bluntly said, "poverty won." After 50 years, we're still losing the War on Poverty. The ...
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There Should Be Repercussions if Taxes Aren’t Spent Wisely, by Hughey Newsome

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 Americans are now at the tail end of the most dreaded season of all – tax season. Unfortunately, many people may not be thinking properly about their taxes at all. I have a friend whose knowledge of tax policy is ...
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“Black Code” Plus “Acting White” Equals Self-Created Racial Disparity, by Demetrius Minor

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Is America seeing a resurgence of segregation? It's not a reinstitution of race-specific water fountains or separate-but-equal accommodations, but a self-segregation among black youth that could cripple upward mobility. It's a variation on the fear of "acting white." In 2004, ...
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Free-Market Fixes Could Still Save American Health Care, by Elaina F. George, MD

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As "law of the land," ObamaCare has already fundamentally changed American health care. Despite the partisan bickering and disastrous rollout, government has successfully inserted itself between doctors and patients — controlling everything from doctors' treatment options to patient choices about ...
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