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Ted Cruz’s historic grand slam speech against the Washington Cartel

This is our real-life, current-day Mr. Smith Goes to Washington moment.

All Americans, especially those who follow politics lightly or not at all, should HEAR THIS SPEECH. 

Granted, most Democrats are already a lost cause. They cannot be dissuaded; they can only be defeated.

And the same is true for GOP Establishment (GOPe) insiders and hangers-on who live off the system that they’ve created and only pretend to oppose.

But for the rest of us, this is the speech to hear and understand — the whole thing.  This is Senator Ted Cruz, speaking from the floor of the Senate, Oct 29, 2015, in what is arguably the most important speech in decades.  Read more

Once it gets started...

Parents call superintendent a liar amid ‘God is myth’ lesson scandal

A day after officials in the Katy Independent School District accused a student of lying about a classroom assignment about God, several other students are coming forward to confirm her story.

West Memorial Junior High student Jordan Wooley, 12,testified before the school board Monday about a class assignment in which her reading teacher asked students to classify specific statements at fact, opinion or commonplace assertion – which the teacher characterized as a myth.

When Wooley and numerous other students answered fact to the statement “There is a God,” the teacher told them they’re wrong, God is a myth, Wooley said.  Read more

Senate approves budget deal and here’s how they voted

Ted Cruz last night called this budget deal a corrupt betrayal of the people as he spoke over an hour and a half.

The vote was mostly Democrats voting to pass it but a fair number of Republicans voted for it as well. Here’s how they voted:  See list

Academia’s Rejection of Diversity

ONE of the great intellectual and moral epiphanies of our time is the realization that human diversity is a blessing. It has become conventional wisdom that being around those unlike ourselves makes us better people — and more productive to boot.

Scholarly studies have piled up showing that race and gender diversity in the workplace can increase creative thinking and improve performance. Meanwhile, excessive homogeneity can lead to stagnation and poor problem-solving.  Read more