Blue Collar Muse @ April 18, 2008 # One Comment
Susan Crane, the University of Maine at Farmington student who conceived of a social conscience art project which involved putting American flags on the floor in a high traffic hallway of the University’s Student Center and seeing who walked on them and who avoided them, says it was hard to do and was difficult to […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ April 17, 2008 # 5 Comments
I’m not sure where I was but I must have been doing something VERY important. Otherwise I’m pretty sure I would remember where I was when higher education became synonymous with ignorance. Kind of like remembering where you were when we landed on the moon; when Challenger blew up and when Kennedy, Kennedy, […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ April 4, 2008 # 12 Comments
Education is supposed to be about learning and knowledge. Today’s education seems to be about far more than that, however. From participating in the “Who gets a seat in the Lifeboat?” scenario to curricula dealing with homosexuality, moral issues are taking up more time in schools. Unfortunately, educators often come down on […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ March 7, 2008 # 4 Comments
In the wake of several University shootings in the US to add to the incidents of violence at high schools around the country, the country finds itself asking whether or not it would be wise to permit weapons on campus.
People who understand that our way of life is governed by the Constitution and not by […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ March 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I know many of you may find this hard to believe but it appears a public school in New Jersey has inadvertently educated some Middle Schoolers. Readington Middle School in Hunterdon is home to a group of kids Chuck Muth has dubbed “The Readington 29″.
Irked over the short amount of time they had to […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ February 1, 2008 # 3 Comments
I can’t believe I forgot this. Today is my 1st blogiversary! At 3:30 PM, on February 1st, 2007 I put my first post up at Blue Collar Muse! Since then it’s been a wild ride and doors have opened up that I could only dream of a year ago!
295 posts and 961 […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ January 19, 2008 # One Comment
The Tennessee Republican Assembly (TRA) held their 2008 Convention today for the purpose of endorsing candidates for the upcoming elections in the Fall.
Present to address the Convention were the following candidates for office:
Juan Borges, TN House, District 60;
Gerard Donovan, US House, 5th District;
Ron Hickman, TN House, District 60;
Timothy Lee, TN House, District 55;
Susan Lynn, TN […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ December 12, 2007 # 3 Comments
Despite dire warnings of the immediate and irreversible demise of the Almighty should I dare to see ‘The Golden Compass’, two friends and I took the plunge this weekend. I’m happy to report that God seems none the worse for wear. He was His usual chipper Self when we talked this morning.
Which brings […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ November 23, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Tennessee ConserVOLiance has completed its first week of existence. I’m happy to report that we have 6 members and we’re posting daily!
The newest news is that The ConserVOLiance has a FaceBook page and we’d love for you to visit and join if you’re a FaceBook member. Or you could become a member […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ October 19, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The value of networking is evident to me, if to no one else, in knowing how I found this article. At last week’s Conservative Leadership Conference in Reno I met a gracious, soft spoken and humble man, Israel Teitelbaum, co-founder of Parents for Free Choice in Education. He has worked tirelessly for years […]
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