Topline: An instance of San Diego Unified school district spending a $3 million federal grant on employee bonuses instead of low-income students was just the start of a trend for San Diego schools diverting state and federal funds towards educators’ bonuses and gifts. What happened in San Diego The late U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, the […] The post Waste of the Day: Throwback Thursday: San Diego Schools Misuse Millions in Grant Money appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more

Ian Whitfield is a part time U.S. Army military police officer and a graduate student at Georgetown University. As a cop, he should know how dangerous it is to blunder into a family domestic dispute without knowing the culture he is encountering. Mr. Whitfield decided to weigh in on an internal Marine Corps dispute in […] The post Marine Corps Force Design: In Defense of Chowder II appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more

An incident involving a physical attack by a female Secret Service agent tasked with protecting Vice President Kamala Harris is raising questions about whether the agency had thoroughly vetted her during her hiring and whether an ongoing push to increase the numbers of women in the service and boost overall workforce staff played a role […] The post Secret Service Scuffle Prompts DEI, Vetting Scrutiny appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more

You know how the saying goes – if it’s not broken don’t fix it. But the state of Colorado is walking a thin line as it considers several pieces of legislation that stand to severely curtail its booming oil and natural gas industry and workforce. As legislators deliberate on the direction of the state’s energy […] The post For Oil & Gas, Will Colorado Become the Next California? appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more

Yesterday morning the State of Idaho defended its position before the Supreme Court – against a radically pro-abortion administration. As has become fashionable, the Solicitor General badly misconstrued the rest of Idaho’s laws. She also miscounted the number of States that make exceptions for the life, but not the health, of the mother. Likewise, one […] The post Idaho defends against abortion mandate appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more

Joe Feldman has faced many tough crowds in the course of successfully selling his “Grading for Equity” program to school districts across the nation. During the consultant’s presentations, teachers concerned that his approach lowers standards have rolled their eyes, questioned his understanding of students, and worse. Grading for equity gets a poor reception “A guy […] The post ‘Grading for Equity’: Promoting Students by Banning Grades of Zero and Leaving No Class Cut-Ups Behind appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more

Topline: The ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus opposed this year’s $1.7 trillion federal budget, urging lawmakers to vote against the bill and trigger a government shutdown because it was “loaded with hundreds of pages of earmarks.” What the Freedom Caucus failed to mention is that its own members and allies have earmarked $957 million over the […] The post Waste of the Day: Freedom Caucus Earmarked $957 Million Since 2023 appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more

Young people graduating from high school face tough choices about what to do next. For many, college costs too much. But that problem is just one among many that threaten the future of our Commonwealth. Pennsylvania faces weak population growth – or decline Higher education is expensive. College enrollment is declining. Kindergarten classes are shrinking. […] The post ‘Grow PA’ Plan Helps Solve Economic, Higher Education Challenges appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more

For just over a year now, the Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been investigating the CCP’s actions and weighing their competitive threat with the need for America’s response. The bipartisan Select Committee, led by retiring Representative Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.), has been largely successful at […] The post House Select Committee on the CCP: Bipartisan Collaboration appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more

An AI program pilots a jet fighter In the April 18, 2024 issue of The Telegraph, journalist Cameron Henderson published an article titled “History made as U.S. Military conducts first ever human vs AI dogfight”, and reported something that profoundly disturbs me. He wrote that in September 2023, a USAF F-16 fighter pilot went through […] The post Is This the End for Human Fighter Pilots? appeared first on Conservative News and Views ..read more