Day: September 29, 2012

Archbishop To Explain Faithful Citizenship

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput will make a presentation on faithful citizenship, 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 13 in the gym of Saint Elizabeth Church, 100 Fellowship Road, Chester Springs, Pa. 19425.

The presentation will be followed by a Mass at 5:30 p.m. in the church.
The parishes of Chester County are sponsoring the event.
Hat tip Carol Klein

Obama, The Left, Islam And Free Speech

Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian-born Muslim “journalist” living in New York City was arrested after vandalizing a subway poster implying that opponents of Israel were savages bent on destroying civilization. 

The poster had been paid for by Pamela Geller.
Apparently she felt destroying private property — including another person’s clothes — was free speech.
In a totally unrelated event as no private property was destroyed, the federal government has arrested Nakoulsa Basseley Nakoula, the man behind the satirical Innocence of Muslims Youtube video.
Hat tip Carol Klein

Charter Schools Beat Traditional Schools In Pa. Cities

Commonwealth Foundation is reporting that charter schools are far outperforming traditional schools in Pennsylvania’s cities. It noted that of Philadelphia’s 250 traditional schools only 33 — 13 percent — achieved the “adequate yearly progress” standard, which was reached by 43 of the 81 charter schools — 53 percent — in the city.

The Foundation reports the other cities throughout the state are following that trend.
How about we make every school a charter school, where teachers can’t strike, price controls are not set on construction and renovation and parents get a real say?
One suspects they will even be able to sneak in references to God and the Bible without mocking them. We might even end up with schools like they were in 1958.