Andrew Stuttaford writes for National Review Online about a sad example of nanny-state government across the pond. Britain’s Conservative Party has long since adopted the role of being the nanny…
For the last few years, schools have created and maintained vegetable gardens on school premises. While there is nothing inherently troubling about a school garden, some have claimed that it…
Elizabeth Harrington reports for the Washington Free Beacon on one unintended consequence of First Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch crusade. Hundreds of school districts in the country have made layoffs…
Earlier this month, I wrote on the invasive health assessment form used for 5 year old kindergarten students. Last week the New Hanover School Board got a presentation from the…
This is so absolutely cool. Kids in Brevard are fighting obesity by getting on a walking bus. That is, they walk to school for tokens that may be traded for…
In yet another example of a failure of well-intentioned policy, Michelle Obama’s new school lunch guidelines are creating all sorts of unintended consequences. Unintended, but not unforeseeable. I mean, is…
Nope, there’s no fat in the federal budget. Check out below your federal tax dollars at work — via the FDA. Aside from this wasteful use of federal resources, check…
Bryson City wants to get rid of its Trick or Treat program. It isn’t that encouraging kids to dress up as scary monsters isn’t teaching them community values. It’s, well,…
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features Donna Martinez’s conversation with Rick Henderson about state government efforts to target childhood obesity. John Hood’s Daily Journal discusses the misuse of…
Sara Burrows reports for Carolina Journal Online about a state childhood obesity task force’s consideration of home visits from government bureaucrats. Kristen Blair’s Daily Journal explores the impact of top-down…
When one thinks of today’s dropout rates – the number of kids not performing at grade level; levels of violence and bullying in schools; the decadence that now requires SRO’s,…
AP reports that White House assistant chef Sam Kass says he will be furloughed. Note this: Kass also plants the White House garden and is the director of first lady…