I expected that the primary reason for home schooling is religious. That may not be as true as I expected, but it still seems to be pretty true. Religion is...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/books/review/Nazaryan-t.html <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/books/review/Nazaryan-t.html> Precursor to "The Great Books"...
Bryan's hit on something. When my folks went to High School, only the top few percent of kids did, so scores were high, but as the century progressed we swept...
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Jul 1, 2009 8:58 pm
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Hello Mark, Bryan, Edgar, Duane and all, ... seems to have been addressed, too. Mark asks: How well do they get along with others of their age? Dan sez: They...
O'Reilly, Dan
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Jul 1, 2009 9:44 pm
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Hello All, And interesting question that the Supreme Court is passing on: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/01/truth Dan Daniel P. O'Reilly Creighton...
I sent in an inquiry and got this in return. Harv Hi, Thanks for your interest in EE-BP. All of our current positions have been filled, please check back at a...
Confused U.S. Has Lots to Say About Health Care - washingtonpost.com E-mail This page was sent to you by: sgc503@... Message from sender: Eloquent...
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Jul 2, 2009 1:11 pm
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Hello Les and all, Les posts: http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/Home_Page.html <http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/Home_Page.html> ...
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Jul 2, 2009 2:07 pm
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Hello All, Well, we've gotten some discussion on US Education, how about health care? Thoughts on the Obama plan (I have to confess ignorance)? I've heard...
O'Reilly, Dan
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Jul 2, 2009 2:16 pm
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The horror stories of other nations are just that: stories. They do not reflect the reality. If it was that bad in these nations, don't you think they'd change...
My experience with home-schooled kids has been almost exclusively positive. The kids are confident, well-behaved, knowledgeable, and do not seem to feel a...
Canada spends half as much as us and gets much better results; longer life expectancy, lower infant mortality, etc. The system is so heavily used, there are...
Jim Bechtel
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Jul 2, 2009 5:09 pm
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Realistic and discouraging. See underlined conclusions at the end. NYRB Volume 56, Number 11 · July 2, 2009 The Health Reform We Need & Are Not Getting By...
Jim Bechtel
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Jul 2, 2009 5:15 pm
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http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=44458 10 Outrageous Claims As the House debate heated up, so did the hyperbole. We already knew that climate action opponents...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630173815.htm Less Empathy Toward Outsiders: Brain Differences Reinforce Preferences For Those In Same Social...
Two good recent columns by our Forum speaker Bob Nelson: a) some basic rules b) Wind power in Nebr OK, let's review some rules Every so often, it seems...
Jim Bechtel
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Jul 2, 2009 6:09 pm
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Back in the good old days people used to tell little kids the Boogey Man would get them if they didn't do like Mamma said. Most little kids just got scared...
Sam Collins
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Jul 2, 2009 6:31 pm
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They still love him in rural Oklahoma: Town scurries to host Bush visit WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) - When the middle-of-nowhere town of Woodward invited George W....
Jim Bechtel
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Jul 3, 2009 3:53 pm
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Love the Krugman quote. Heed 'nudges from God' and tackle global warming BY ANNE MC COLLISTER The writer, of Lincoln, is exÂecutive director of Nebraska...
Jim Bechtel
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Jul 3, 2009 3:55 pm
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Kerrey Bridge praised as a public works gem BY ROSEANN MORING WORLD HERALD STAFF WRITER A national group has named the $22 million Bob Kerrey PeÂdestrian...
Hello Mark, Sam, Jim and all, My horror stories are from real people. I have a friend in Toronto who lost his mother to breast cancer last year and last month...
O'Reilly, Dan
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Jul 3, 2009 6:05 pm
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Plenty of "horror stories from real people," Dan, right here in the US of A. Hard data from WH story 6/14/09: per capita expenditures: Canada $ 3,678, USA...
Jim Bechtel
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Jul 3, 2009 7:39 pm
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Here's the Nova special on Feynman: http://is.gd/1mlLG <http://is.gd/1mlLG>...
My wife and I very nearly home schooled our kids. Cheryl had taught elementary school and had taken several graduate courses in teaching gifted and talented...
Gary Jones
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Jul 4, 2009 1:37 am
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I lived a couple of years in Montreal and was quite favorably impressed with the medical services provide there, both to friends, acquaintances and myself. Of...
Sam Collins
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Jul 4, 2009 2:49 am
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PATRIOTISM: SYMBOLIC AND SUBSTANTIVE Ed Pearlstein Since September 11, 2001 there has been a great increase in symbolic patriotism, such as: displaying the...
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