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July 7, 2022
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BY MIKE HUCKABEE

My staffers will be off this week for a well-deserved break, but keep checking in daily. We’ve prepared lots of great material in advance, and we’ll have a daily round-up of the latest news. And as always, if anything major happens, everyone will drop their hot dogs and sparklers and rush back to their PCs to keep you informed. Thank you for subscribing and I hope you enjoy today’s newsletter. 

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DAILY BIBLE VERSE

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 KJV

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The Value of an Education

As a rock music fan, I enjoy Pink Floyd. But “We don’t need no education” is bad advice for life.

When our kids graduate school, they no longer just have to compete with each other. They now compete in a global marketplace. Not only have low-skilled jobs moved abroad where labor is cheap, but to attract new high-paying, tech-based jobs to America (or even to work online), our kids need an education as good or better than students get in China, India, Israel and other nations. Sadly, our schools are not giving them the tools they need to compete in the 21st century.

I have a friend who owns a printing business. He gives job applicants a pencil and ruler, and asks them to mark an eighth of an inch, a sixteenth of an inch and other simple measurements on a piece of paper. He tells me that no more than one out of ten even has a clue what he’s talking about. If America’s students can get a high school diploma without knowing basic fractions, then all we’re equipping them to achieve is a fraction of the American Dream.

Of course, the cry always goes up, “We need to spend more on education!” But we already spend over $550 billion a year, more than 4 percent of the gross domestic product. If money equaled results, then Washington, DC, should be crawling with junior Einsteins. DC public schools spend over $30,000 per student per year, or $10,000 more than the tuition for an in-state graduate degree from the University of Virginia. Yet DC’s reading, writing and math scores are well below the national average. Money alone doesn’t fix the problem.

Those who are obsessed with “income inequality” want to tear down those who earn more, but have no ideas for helping those who earn less. Well, here’s one: finish high school! Nearly a third of US students drop out. Over their lives, they’ll earn, on average, a quarter million dollars less than high school graduates. They’re also more likely to suffer ill health, get involved in drugs and crime, and die nine years younger. Staying in school benefits both them and society.

But if we want students to learn, then schools have to make them want to learn. To ignite their curiosity and turn them into lifelong seekers of knowledge. That takes both involved parents and competent teachers who are rewarded for good results. Kids need to be taught how to think, not just memorize standardized tests. They also need to be taught real facts and real history, not trendy racist, socialist and anti-American propaganda.

Dropping arts and music classes is the most short-sighted budget cut a school can make. Studies show that music class helps kids do better in other subjects, develop social skills, and stay in school longer. It might also improve the current dismal state of pop music. We must remember that schools exist for the students, not for the teachers’ unions or the education bureaucracy (so open the schools and stop letting the unions keep them closed.) And we need to keep most decisions about education at the state and local levels, with close parental involvement, so they’re made by people who know the students best.

If you think that doesn’t matter, look at all the home-schooled students winning academic contests. Home is as local as you can get, yet those students are more than ready to compete on the world stage. Don’t you want your kids to be?

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A Blank Book of Pages

The first school in which we enroll, and the most important in shaping our future, is our home. A casual view of modern TV shows might lead us to believe that parents don’t matter. I contend that nothing matters more.

When Benjamin West was a boy, his mother left him in charge of his younger sister, Sally. Benjamin found bottles of colored ink and painted Sally’s portrait. When his mother arrived home, she discovered spilled ink and ruined paper. But before she had the chance to scold Benjamin, she saw the picture. Then she planted an encouraging kiss on his cheek. He would grow up to become of the greatest painters of historic and religious artworks, a teacher of many other famous artists, and a major force in launching Britain’s Royal Academy of Arts, for which he served as president. Benjamin West would later say, “My mother’s kiss made me a painter.”

Every child’s life is like a book of blank pages waiting to be written on. Something is written each day. A parent who exposes a child of hours of television, video games, unsupervised time on the Internet, and an occasional trip to church is not likely to raise a child whose value system will mirror that of the parent. The child will probably reflect the value system of the entertainment industry.

While researching for a book I co-wrote on juvenile delinquency (“Kids Who Kill”), I became aware that children need parents who are informed, involved and (yes) invasive in their children’s lives. There is no single fact that will explain why a child as young as eleven would commit mass murder, but one thing seems certain: the likelihood of this taking place decreases drastically when children have a stable home, good role models and parents who are clearly more afraid for their children than afraid of their children.

Too many parents fear angering or alienating their children. They convince themselves that love means avoiding asking their children questions about how their time is spent and who their friends are. They fool themselves into thinking they’re being good parents when they don’t hold their children accountable for their schoolwork and other activities. On the other hand, we shouldn’t be “helicopter parents” who are so overprotective that our children turn into a generation of “snowflakes” who cannot learn through their failures or develop a healthy maturity and independence.

The requirement of parents summed up in Ephesians 6:4 is simple yet profound: “Do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Children should not be driven to exasperation by parents who make demands that are so difficult to achieve that the children are prevented from succeeding. There’s a vast difference between breaking a child’s rebellious will and breaking his or her spirit.

As parents, our goal should be to channel the energy of our children, rather than destroy their creative and curious natures given by God that motivate them to discover their unique purposes. We are further admonished to bring up our children “in the training and instruction of the Lord.” By both example and exhortation, parents are to nourish their children. Most values are caught and then taught. Our children are more likely to imitate what they see us do than what they hear us say.

We live in a world where a meal can be microwaved in seconds, and an Internet message can be transmitted around the world almost instantly (another reason why it would be nice if they were fact-checked before hitting “Send.”) But part of the legacy we must leave is raising children who understand that some things can’t be rushed. Patience is a virtue as well as a pathway to victory. Things of great value take time.

If the thing to which you ascribe the greatest value in your life is your children, then don’t they deserve the greatest amount of time, nurturing and guidance you can possible give?

(Adapted from the book, “Rare, Medium or Done Well: Make the Most of your Life.” )

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Johnson resigns

Britain’s government is in turmoil after Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned today, just days after declaring he would not resign. This turnabout came after 42 Conservative ministers resigned, saying they had lost confidence in Johnson’s ability to lead (wouldn’t it be interesting if we had that tradition here?)

https://www.foxnews.com/world/boris-johnsons-resignation-caps-tumultuous-tenure

That link has a lot more background on both Johnson’s successes and his problems that helped bring him down, such as recent revelations that parties were held in government offices while the rest of the nation was suffering from strict COVID lockdowns, and that he elevated Chris Pincher to chief deputy whip despite allegations of sexual misconduct.


The campaign to recall DA Gascon progresses

The campaign to recall Los Angeles’ disastrous leftist District Attorney George Gascon reports that it collected 717,000 signatures to get on the ballot, about 150,000 more than needed. Of course, they now have to be verified, so expect the Democrat establishment to do everything it can to reject signatures. Isn’t it funny how vital it is to scrupulously verify signatures when you’re trying to keep a failed leftist from being thrown out of office, but when you’re trying to elect one, signature verification is an assault on democracy.

https://redstate.com/levon/2022/07/07/gascon-recall-campaign-says-it-delivered-massive-number-of-recall-signatures-for-validation-n590118


Laugh of the Day…Or Maybe the Century

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, apparently suffering from delusions of presidential ambitions, ran an ad in Florida accusing Republicans of crushing freedom (like the freedom to kill babies just before they’re born, or the freedom of teachers to tell small children about graphic sexual practices) and urging people to move to California, where “we still believe in freedom.”

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/07/03/desantis-fires-back-after-gavin-newsoms-pathetic-anti-florida-ad-is-revealed-n588404

Unless, of course, you want to be free to go to church or open your business without being arrested, or free from fear of violent criminals and crazy homeless people, or free from the highest gas prices in the America, or free to refuse a vaccine you don’t trust, or free to walk alone on a beach without getting arrested for not wearing a mask, or free to take your kids to a park without worrying that they’ll step on drug needles or human feces, or…well, I could go on and on. Which is why so many people are fleeing California for states like Florida.

Newsom’s ludicrous ad is being greeted with the raspberries it deserves. Critics are also pointing out the ways in which he flouts the freedom-crushing rules he imposes on others, whether it’s dining at a fancy restaurant while closing other restaurants, posing for photos sans mask in a crowded stadium with celebrity athletes, or vacationing in Montana, one of 22 states he’s banned state officials from traveling to because they don’t subscribe to his views on LGBTQ+++ issues.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/06/gavin-newsom-vacations-in-montana-despite-californias-travel-ban/

In fact, about the only freedom Californians still enjoy is the freedom to move out. But liberals there are desperately trying to pass an “exit tax” to make them keep paying even after they leave.

https://moskowitzllp.com/californias-exit-tax-explained/

 


 

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Comments 1-9 of 9

  • Judy Radley

    07/07/2022 10:36 PM

    The liberals are so out-of-touch that they think a petition signed by over 700K 'signatures' will make sure Clarence Thomas is removed from the Supreme Court. They are so clueless that they don't know that once a Supreme Court Judge is sworn in, they are on the Supreme Court for life, until they resign themselves or die. If that is the case, I think that maybe we should get a petition signed by the same amount, plus more, to get that idiot female off the Supreme Court who doesn't know what a woman is, if petitions can get SC judges removed.

  • Joan Smith

    07/07/2022 07:36 PM

    Thank you for your words. You are a breath of fresh air

  • Jerry

    07/07/2022 04:02 PM

    When one looks at what people are take a woman that needs a Biology Major to define that she is a woman I have to wonder if all is well above the shoulders I think a medical operation happened to this woman and damage was done during the operation. Background test are require to buy a weapon background checks are required if one is to work around children Supreme court Justices require background checks how realistic are the checks if a woman doesn't if she is a woman or doesn't have enough information to understand her gender. One can look to see if a used car has been damaged Can the people check to see if the newest Supreme court Judge has brain damage not to be be indigent I detect major brain damage in this one. The brain operation failed.

  • Sharon Faulkner

    07/07/2022 03:17 PM

    Mike
    Why is it that a woman has a "right" to take a life because it is in her body (abortion) but I don't have a right to protect a life that is in my body (2nd Amendment)?

  • Helen Nees

    07/07/2022 03:09 PM

    For you poor folks in Florida who have to see Gov Newsom on your TV please, please, please change the station. The ad is a lie. I'm still stuck here in Cali. You do not want to come here even on vacation-it's everything Mike has listed in this article and more. Shootings on the freeways, lots of murders, and finding dead people dumped on the freeway, etc. He's inviting homeless and birthing people here for abortions. Taxes are sky high and don't even think about purchasing a home here in a good area. Prices for a dump are about 1 million dollars depending on where it's located. This is one good way for Florida to rid themselves of the homeless-buy them a one way ticket to California and Newsom will take them off your hands.

  • Jerry

    07/07/2022 03:02 PM

    As sure as the Rocky Mountains has rocks, from my home the the Sun will rise in the East and set in the West, and when the Sun has done both on a daily basis, joe biden will have disobeyed the 9th Commandment many times he will bear false witness against his neighbor, country, people in general , corporations, and will go against the wishes of his Creator every day that isn't the only commandment he disobeys however I only expose the facts we all will have our trial on a day our Creator chooses I will not request mercy on joe biden I just wish he would think about mercy and change his ways today.

  • Paul Kern

    07/07/2022 01:31 PM

    I see Gavin is the leftist posterchild. A shining example of all that is scary and evil. Like black mold his and other blue states need to be scoured and disinfected!!

  • stephen russell

    07/07/2022 11:53 AM

    Boris Resigns:
    If he can for excessive boozing & not following edicts for others, why not same for Dems here?

  • stephen russell

    07/07/2022 11:44 AM

    To all those in FL
    Ignore Newsom ads
    Stay Put unless seeing kin, workers in CA area