On August 19, 2008, I joined a panel of Christian school educators on Steve Deace’s WHO AM-1040 Radio program to discuss a recent California Supreme Court ruling which upheld The University of California system’s right to deny college credit to students who had taken Christian school science classes which used textbooks teaching the biblical account [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 at 9:41 pm Filed Under: Constitution, Schools
The Conservative Reader is exceptionally happy to read about 13 Des Moines, Iowa students from East High School who placed first in Iowa and went to Washington, DC to participate in the national finals for “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution”. The event hosted 1,200 students from around the country.
The contest had students [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:48 pm Filed Under: Bottle Bill, Chet Culver, Democratic Party, Iowa, Iowa General Assembly, Iowa Politics, News Media, Schools, TAXES
Good news: The Iowa General Assembly has decided that the “new” bottle bill tax proposed by Iowa Governor Chet Culver (see earlier story) is dead for 2008. As you would probably think, I’m pleased. It’s not clear if the reason for the timely demise is that there’s too much confusion, the idea needs [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 11:30 pm Filed Under: Iowa, Iowa Politics, Schools, TAXES
In Iowa, cans and plastic bottles get a 5-cent deposit. We’ve had this for nearly 30 years. Today (Saturday) the Des Moines Register reports that our Democratic Governor Chet Culver is suggesting we double it… and rework how the money is managed. From the Register:
HOW THE CURRENT SYSTEM WORKS: Beverage distributors charge retailers the [...]
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