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TweetTeachers unions are the biggest impediments to fixing schools and improving student achievement. That mantra has been at the heart of school reform efforts for more than a decade...

TweetPrivate pandemic “pods” are the latest edu-craze to sweep the land. But turns out there’s nothing new about privileged parents fleeing the public school system—or...

…an interesting study from China.  There is a discussion thread at Grim’s Hall. The study indicates that the transmission rate to household members where there is an infected...

I will let others speak for me on this. First, the official, but not final, numbers on excess deaths over time. The final numbers will of course be even larger. Next, Lyman Stone, who...

Land of Heroes By Right Side Broadcasting —— Bio and Archives—August 26, 2020 Wednesday, August 26, 2020: Watch LIVE coverage of day three of the Republican National...

Delusion that socialism works if it is tried the “right way” or by the “right people,” look at Cuba–it oozes poverty out of the pores of every decaying building; Look at Venezuela...

On today's BradCast we head back to Georgia --- yes, again! --- for yet more new evidence highlighting the state as offering arguably the worst --- and most racist --- voting system...

I'll be brief in today's BradCast summary, because I've got to head back into Day 2 of the bizarre dystopian nightmare known as Donald Trump's Republican National Convention. We're...

NRC file photo of Duane Arnold atomic reactor.As reported by CBS 2 Iowa. Duane Arnold, a Fukushima Daiichi twin design (a General Electric Mark I Boiling Water Reactor), had long been...

According to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service, dozens of US nuclear power plants “will face growing credit risks” due to their physical vulnerability to the...

Once again, media outlets reveal Israeli cooperation with Gulf countries in the field of espionage and the sale of special capabilities and expertise that will help Gulf governments...

Lin Wood, the famed attorney who successfully represented Covington Catholic's Nick Sandmann in multiple lawsuits against the media, graciously and heroically offered to help...

By Matthew Warren. Babies show state-dependent memory, which could help explain why we can't remember anything from our early years.

By Matthew Warren. People higher in entitlement expected to have greater luck, and got more angry when that didn't pan out.

The story of Griffith Park dates back to 1882, when Welsh immigrant and self-styled “Colonel” Griffith Jenkins Griffith bought Rancho Los Feliz. He also leased some of the land...

This naval mine is similar to those that were used by the Allied forces during World War II as a way of defending the coastal shores. These types of mines were self-contained explosive...

I've noted before that Scott Moe's spring election posturing prevented Elections Saskatchewan from putting together a full postal balloting system for this fall's provincial...

While Justin Trudeau is putting any economic planning in the hands of somebody with a vested interest in privatizing profits, it's also worth noting how his government is deliberately...