Archive for March, 2010

Remembering Daniel Webster

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

     Today is the Seventh of March.  Until the 1960s revolutionized education (for the worse, in my opinion), no course on American history would have been complete without mentioning Daniel Webster, arguably one of the 10 greatest Senators of all time.  His reputation was built to a considerable degree, not ...

The Politics of Gimme

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

    Protesters at campuses nationwide demanded more money be spent on them.  These 'students' took time out of the classroom to demand their 'right' to a college education be funded.  Without having hard data to back it up, one can surmise that students majoring in engineering, computer science, architecture and ...