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Posts tagged as “values”

Conservative Calls out Empty Noem Rhetoric on School Lunches

The Republican propaganda machine continues to treat healthy school lunches as a campaign issue. Archly conservative P&R Miscellany cheaply insults First Lady Michelle Obama for urging kids to eat more fruits and vegetables. However, once he gets that out of…

Car Seat Program Shows Real Family Values

In a move my conservative neighbors ought to be cheering, the federal government is cutting back spending on child safety. Since 2005, South Dakota parents have benefited from the Project 8 Child Seat Program, which last year alone handed out…

Democrats vs. Republicans: Pragmatic Compromise vs. Absolute Principles

...and implications for propaganda? The Displaced Plainsman finds this remarkable chart illustrating what might be the most important distinction between Republicans and Democrats: Two thirds of Democrats appear to choose practical compromise as a superior value. Two thirds of Republicans…

Autonomy and Democracy: Student Outcomes Do Not Measure Teacher Quality?

I'm almost positive I heard about this Paul Thomas essay from my friend the Displaced Plainsman. Even if I didn't, it certainly sounds like something DP would blog. Thomas explains how a fundamental value position—here, a commitment to human agency,…

Treat Soliders Like Teachers? Fire the Army!

A couple weeks ago I expressed my distaste for the cheap patriotism of some of my neighbors who flip out at the idea of soldiers not getting their paychecks but bat not one online eyelash at the prospect of teachers…

Neoliberal Economics Hard on Public Health?

Reaganomics makes me sick. But wait, it's not just me; it's the whole society. According to an argument highlighted by Yankton reporter Nathan Johnson, the rise of neoliberal economics—you know, the "material values and individualism" preached by the Church of…