Educate to Innovate: Awarding Excellence in Mentoring
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[Ed. Note: Learn more about the Educate to Innovate campaign.]
It has been a pleasure to work with so many students and their families over the past year as a mentor, helping them awaken to their natural but perhaps undernourished interest in science, technology, [...]
American and Kenyan Youth Deliver Environmental Messages in Copenhagen
As President Obama called world leaders back to the table in Copenhagen to work on an agreement, the White House Offices of Energy and Climate Change and Public Engagement helped facilitate a meeting between White House aides and young environmental leaders from the United States and Kenya. The American coalition hand-delivered hundreds of letters-to-the-President from [...]
Apply Today for the White House Internship Program
Ten months ago, we launched the first internship application of this Administration. Since then, our program has grown to include a mentor and tutor program with nine partner DC high schools, a book drive as part of Summer of Service, a professional development speaking series, the launch of the DC Scholar program — the first [...]
Cruising gay bars with Obama’s (unsafe) ’safe schools czar’
As this Washington Times editorial notes, “The double standards pile up on Obama education official”:
Teenagers shouldn’t drink alcohol. That’s the policy of the United States government, which spends billions to enforce laws backing the policy, and it also is the position of pretty much every respectable organization in the nation, including the Department of Education. [...]
What Anita Dunn done
Obama administration communications director Anita Dunn commended the wisdom of mass murdering Communist Chairman Mao in her address to high school students this past June. Dunn cited Mao and Mother Teresa as her two favorite political philosophers. I wrote about Dunn’s address here, John here; both posts include video of Dunn’s address. [...]
Free Speech: Threat, or Menace?
This is more or less an open thread. I solicit your opinions in the comments; don’t disappoint me!
Resolved: There is no general “right” to nonverbal “speech,” and indeed, some should be banned.
Pro
Freedom of speech has always historically meant the freedom to express ideas in words; the modern fancy that any action whatsoever can be [...]
