Monthly Archives: May 2007

Pledging Allegiance (BookTV)

Added April 20, 2008: Somebody reached this post today by doing a search on “Ayers” and “BookTV”. I see the BookTV and CSpan links that were originally posted here are no longer good. They’ve changed their databases. The new link for the BookTV database is HERE. The page there includes a link for [...]

Blyth Patriotism (BookTV): “How to Raise an American”

On BookTV — CSpan-2 — Eastern Daylight Time
On Saturday, May 19 at 9:15 am and Sunday, May 20 at 4:00 pm
How to Raise an American: 1776 Fun and Easy Tools, Tips, and Activities to Help Your Child Love This Country
Myrna Blyth
Description: In “How to Raise an American,” Myrna Blyth instructs parents on how to [...]

Rod Paige v. Teachers Unions (BookTV)

 
Remember when Bush’s Education Secretary Rod Paige called the NEA a terrorist organization? Well, he’s Baa-ack — with his new book: The war against hope: how teacher unions hurt children, hinder teachers, and endanger public education.Click the title (above) for detailed information on the book, and to check your local libraries on WorldCat (with link [...]

Zimbardo: Abu Ghraib, Milgram, Prisoner Experiment (BookTV)

Zimbardo cites the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and draws on the findings of his Stanford Prison Experiment, in which a group of student volunteers were arbitrarily divided into “guards” and “inmates” and then placed in a simulated prison environment.

Colbert WØRD: “Heated Debate”

Stephen Colbert says: “College students should be unformed lumps of clay fixed in the kiln of unchallenged thoughts.”
Click here, or on the image below, for the Colbert video at the Comedy Central website. (The image was originally linked to the Cavuto interview on YouTube; but apparently FOX has had that YouTube video removed.)

As reported by [...]