Tag: New Visions Commentary

IDs Needed to Take the SATs, But Not to Vote? by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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While students will not always need an ID to vote in the next election, they will need one to take an admissions exam. After a SAT cheating scandal left students in Great Neck, New York facing criminal prosecution, officials at ...
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Trayvon Martin May be this Generation’s Rodney King, by Derryck Green

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How can I say this? The gradual escalation of racial rhetoric revolving around Trayvon Martin's death in Sanford, Florida has reached a level from which there may be no return. Recently, the New Black Panther Party held a conference call, ...
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There’s More Trouble With ObamaCare Than the Mandate! by Deneen Borelli

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A ruling on the constitutionality of key elements of ObamaCare is expected from the U.S. Supreme Court by late June. That leaves months for speculation — and strategizing — about what will need to be done in the wake of ...
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Polls Show State of the Economy Has Dumped Energy Issues onto Obama’s Lap, by Kevin Martin

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Gasoline prices are on the rise — nearing $4 per gallon nationally. Deep public concern, undeniable according to recent polling, is forcing President Obama to pivot his attention back to the rising cost of energy during his presidency. In a ...
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Grow Up, Rush, by Robert Thomas

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During my years of listening to Rush Limbaugh — from the early 1990s, while driving across the middle of rural Indiana — he became the "mouthpiece" and de facto face of conservatives. He has become more and more hated by ...
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Liberal University Admissions Policies Cheat Students, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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In recent months, there have been a growing number of reports of cheating on standardized tests. Last fall, 20 people were arrested in connection with an SAT cheating scandal at a Long Island high school, leading the local prosecutor to ...
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Out of Touch Obama, by Deneen Borell

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With soaring gasoline prices, increasing unrest in Afghanistan and threats of a nuclear Iran on his plate, President Obama made it a priority to call the Georgetown University law student criticized by talk radio host Rush Limbaugh for demanding free ...
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Rejecting Voter ID Aids Those Who Want Election Fraud to Continue, by Sean Turner

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I travel by plane on a weekly basis.  While it is not the most pleasant experience these days, I've learned to deal with the scrutiny that is imposed on travelers in a post-9/11 America. In reality, I don't have much ...
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Putting Students to the Test to Make Them Go Farther, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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Education experts, counselors and parents often debate the question, "How do we persuade students to start thinking about college?" The answer, according to D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, is simple and innovative: Require all students in District schools to ...
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Why Voter ID Should Matter to Americans of All Races, by Deneen Borelli

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The Reverend Jesse Jackson and other establishment civil rights leaders scolded South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley earlier this year, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day no less, for her state's voter identification law. They reminded her that her Indian ancestry ...
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