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Mamdani devotes $260M to replacing cops with social workers
Jon Levine writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one of the New York City mayor’s latest bad ideas. New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) is sinking a quarter…
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Ed department spent $100M on grants for leftist causes
Leif Le Mahieu writes for the Daily Wire about an interesting discovery at the U.S. Department of Education. The Department of Education has given nearly $101 million in grants to…
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What’s the Dif between $8000 and $1 Million?
Again, we return to my innumeracy. At the last meeting of the Buncombe County Commissioners, Assistant County Manager Mandy Stone said, “What I really have is a social work staff…
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Advice
Yesterday, I received some unsolicited advice. It was suggested I move to Michigan to collect unemployment. I was told the benefits were more liberalized there, and so people were going…
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Barbie Says, “Let’s Go Shopping!”
The Asheville Police Department is going to be sending sworn officers out with children to shop for school supplies. Now, it may be that the parents are habitual thieves. But…
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“Hyeh, Hyeh! I Don’t Know” – Chicago
Once morality and virtue were considered pro-social behaviors. Children were counseled to stay far away from trouble. Now, you can get addicted and wasted on controlled substances as long as,…
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SOS
Haywood County Schools’ social workers have identified about 240 students who are considered homeless, and they expect that number will reach 300 by the end of the year. The number…
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Can’t We All Agree This is a Priority?
Kudos to Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell, who is sounding the alarm about the need for additional on-call assistance from the county’s 55 social workers who deal with kids whose…
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Why Do Kids Join Gangs?????
The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Asheville/Buncombe County, a group of Black ministers wanting to do something about youth and crime, hosted a public meeting to address the recent gang problems.…
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What do students of “social work” learn?
According to this witty NRO piece by Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars, students in social work programs mostly get their heads filled with the leftist notions that…
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He’s not all bad
Journal editorial on homelessness: The 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness here is part of a nationwide plan being pushed by President Bush. Other cities are already starting to see…
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Brilliantly put in letter to editor
Child abuse cannot be stopped by more social workers because child abuse is not caused by a lack of social workers.