In the 1985 action film, Commando, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays John Matrix, a commando who uses a little humor when taking revenge on the bad guys: “Remember when I said I’d kill you last… I lied!â€Â  Though this is a forgettable…
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The Shock Doctrine hits Public Education
by Chris Prevatt • • 8 Comments
In Naomi Klein’s bestselling “The Shock Doctrine†we find the thesis that shocks have been used to push through unpopular free market decisions, mostly privatization and deregulation, generally against the will of the people but always to the advantage of…
Conservative Education Foundation to Train Teachers in the CSU system
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
The Powell Memorandum, authored in 1971, was a memorandum written by Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. to Eugene B. Sydnor, Jr., Chairman, Education Committee, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memo called for corporate America to become more aggressive in molding politics…

