A Tale of Two Governors

On May 1, 2012, in elections, by jasoncline

Doing the morning news reading some day last week I happened upon two articles, placed directly next to each other, on the same news site. Keeping in mind that RCP is a collection of articles from various sources, but it was still interesting to see how two people tell the same story. The two articles [...]

Michelle Rhee, Education, and TED

On April 18, 2012, in education, by jasoncline

Three things of great importance to me recently came together at one time – an education reformer, discussing education reforms, at a TED presentation. (View the whole presentation here, and watch the video here) The presentation, titled ‘Under Spending, Over Spending, or Misspending?’ is a great discussion about money in education. The thing I like [...]

Axelrod Supports the GOP for President?

On April 16, 2012, in elections, by jasoncline

It seems that the Obama Campaign may have to distance themselves from yet another operative after some comments made in the media.   David Axelrod, President Obama’s Communications Director for his re-election campaign, made some pretty interesting remarks about the upcoming November election. “The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a [...]

Reading “Purpose Driven Life”

On March 26, 2012, in faith, reading, by jasoncline

I have heard many people say that Purpose Driven Life is epic and life changing. I never really got onto the bandwagon until reading this quote from Rick Warren talking about love and Christianity- Well, some of those folks probably aren’t really Christians. 1 John 4:20 says, “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ yet hates [...]

Pres Obama’s Budget Proposal – Full of Gimmicks

On February 13, 2012, in congress, economics, elections, by jasoncline

Here is another example of a President entirely unserious about the process of actually governing this country of ours. He would rather campaign, as he did with the stimulus and the health care bill, than do the work of governing. There isn’t enough pizazz or media coverage of taking your job seriously, as compared to [...]