Recent content by TroySmith

He's right on Jones. Piers Morgan is bad, but Jones is just as bad.

As a teacher, I can absolutely say I'd prefer police or private security in the building over arming the teachers or (even worse) administrators in the *public* school setting. There are less than 5 I've met who I'd trust carrying a fire arm on school grounds. However, The fact is, this is a...

Atlas Shrugged

Don't get a political book. Get the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It's a great novel, but its core theme is about individual vs collectivism. The part at the beginning where Roark is standing up to his school is priceless for youth. There is some hate of Rand on this board, but most of it is from...

As a teacher, I suggest a private school in which you are actively engaged in (they want your money, i.e. will listen to you) or homeschool.

Anything by Ayn Rand is great. As to something that fits the criteria of that recent: Ron Paul's Liberty Defined One of Andrew "Judge" Napolitano's books One of Tom Wood's books

DiLorenzo's book is a must. Anything by Ayn Rand is great.

There's been drug testing for sports for at least 30 years. I believe they test for steroids and PED's too. Drugs are also a pervasive problem starting in the middle school level.

Yikes!

Not really. Coolidge openly acknowledged he didn't agree with the Feds easy money, but said he had no Constitutional authority to stop it. It was Congress who was responsible.

For good ones: Washington - the guy who glued it all together. All star first cabinet. Set the two term precedent and non intervention foreign policy. Jefferson - Paid 1/2 the debt, Lousiana Purchase (there is argument about its Constitutionality, but its minor imo) Jackson - paid entire debt...

Sam's analysis on TR is 180 degree's backwards. Teddy was big into merging government with business. He was our first actual Progressive president. Plenty of books on him.

Excellent interview. Can't wait for his new book.

This would actually make a nice comedy satirical piece.

While I don't think it would have literally destroyed the D's and R's, it might have destroyed the false paradigm that there is any significant difference between the two. It would have forced them to reform, while also getting rid of the whole "I don't want to waste my vote" mentality and...