VIVA SPECTATOR
I just wanted to comment on the articles I have read. You guys are
awesome! I just recently heard of you and look on the Internet for
your website. I'm so tired of receiving information in Spanish from
the Democrats of how bad the Republicans are making this country.
They obviously never want me to learn English. Keep up the good
work! Viva Republicans!
-- unsigned
CHILDREN LEFT AHEAD
Re: John R. Dunlap's Home Sweet
Homeschool:
Hurrah for John Dunlap. My wife and I started homeschooling
about 1986 and continue to this day with our last two kids (of
six). It's been a great experience; good results -- one Marine
lieutenant, one horticulturalist, one organist, one Coast
Guardsman, a 15 year old already a church organist, and a 13 year
old raring to go. Most of the credit goes to my wife. Didn't take
much persuasion though -- I went through public school in the late
'60s and early '70s when all the trendies were in full court press
with their lies. Vowed they'd never get hold of any child of mine.
Yes there are trials in homeschooling, but I can guarantee one
thing -- no child is left behind in a home school.
-- W. G. Wheatley
Worton, Maryland
Hi, John -- very much enjoyed your homeschooling article. My
son-in-law and daughter have asked me to homeschool their kid(s).
What recommendations do you have re: curriculum; any
lessons-learned; any book(s) you recommend on the topic?
-- George O'Neal
Wow, did I enjoy the Dunlap homeschooling article! I have no
children, but as a former high school Latin/Spanish teacher with
good all-around educational background, I have worked with and
tutored homeschoolers for years. Their parents want them to learn
languages but don't know languages themselves: that's where I come
in. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with all of those
students.
-- unsigned
Grizzly? What a grizzly error to make in an article purporting to tout the benefits of educating your children.
Sign me a graduate of a public high school and state
university...
-- Lorrie Callison Watson
Orangeburg, South Carolina
ENVIRONMENTALISM'S CATCH-22
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Accountable
Al:
Looking beyond the obvious how about a cabal at work here? Army Corps of Engineers identifies a need for new levees, bigger and better. A proposal is floated to Congress. The ruling Democrats wring their hands, "Oh woe, clearly we need this but no space for pork to fund the constituents back home." They need cover. Riding to the scene is rumblings from EnviroWhacko LLC.
A conference is held by the politicians: "Hey we float the bill for the levees through Appropriations. Frank, be sure to add an environmental study rider. I'll make sure EnviroWhacko knows about it." The appropriations are slated and placed in the budget. EnviroWhacko gets its grant, and summarily proceeds to pound ACE with statutory mumbo-jumbo. Eventually the project dies under the weight of sheer legal inertia.
So in the end, the levees aren't built, EnviroWhacko spends the balance of the grant on a junket to an environmentally sensitive resort traveling by private fuel guzzling jet, and the politicos have their cake and eat it too. To paraphrase -- "I funded the levees, right before my enviro stooges unfunded it. But my hands are clean, see!"
And so it goes. How much longer before "We the People..." stop
this madness?
-- John McGinnis
Arlington, Texas
TRUMPED-UP SCIENCE
Re: Michael Fumento's Hot
Air:
Masterful destruction of the pseudo-scientific claptrap being
generated by our "grant" driven academic community. Isn't it true
that they claim global warming causes the Glaciers to melt and cool
the water? Hurricanes require warm water to generate their power.
Hence, "global warming" would equal fewer hurricanes. Another
benefit of "global warming." Stoke up the coal stove mother!
-- Ron La Canne
Burlington, Wisconsin
MIND FIELD
Re: Patrick O'Hannigan's Reading the
Mind of John Roberts: