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Happy New Year. Have you resolved to remove your kids from the public school system yet? In "Get Out Now: Why You Should Pull Your Child from Public School Before It’s Too Late" (2019, Regnery Press), Mary Rice Hasson and Theresa Farnan sounded a wake-up call to parents with children in public schools: “The truth is that nearly everything in America’s public schools — the culture, discipline, curriculum hiring practices, school policies, even the names of schools themselves — is determined by progressive ideologues, both inside and outside the school systems. … Public education has been incredibly successful in one...

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is a popular republican and often makes the list of the presidential contenders for 2012. His 5 step plan for Health Care......in the wake of Obama’s summit with the opposition does nothing to make the republicans look good... ........Step 1-2: Incentivize patients to be smart consumers and pay for performance. Who wouldn’t want that? This is not a new idea. In fact Obama’s Health Care Bill is rich in billions of dollars going to new bureaucracies that are trying to assess the health care provider’s performance. (Accountable Care Organizations). Let’s see what Governor Pawlenty personally accomplished...