http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/rob_shearerArticles by ROB SHEARER, aggregated by daylife.comen-usMon, 23 Nov 2009 21:51:32 GMTMon, 23 Nov 2009 21:51:32 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://tenncva.com/2009/07/20/guns-in-bars-and-the-magical-powers-of-the-tca/Critics of the guns-in-bars bill passed this past year seem adamant in their belief that only the text of a TCA statute has kept us safe from wild west shootouts in Printer’s Alley for lo-these-many-years. Given the mystical powers of TCA to inhibit ...Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:52:05 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/07/20/guns-in-bars-and-the-magical-powers-of-the-tca/Television Critics Associationhttp://tenncva.com/2009/07/20/coffee-county-tennessee-bureaucrats-updated/Ms. Spears and I exchanged several email messages this morning (in my capacity as Vice President of the Tennessee Association of Church-Related Schools). I am happy to report that she has issued the following letter of clarification: It was brought to ...Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:33:16 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/07/20/coffee-county-tennessee-bureaucrats-updated/http://tenncva.com/2009/06/25/the-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child/It’s in the news again. Created in 1989, the Convention (often abbreviated as the “CRC”) has a number of laudable goals and features. It has been ratified by 193 countries around the world. The only two UN member states which have NOT ratified it are ...Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:08:44 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/06/25/the-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child/U.S. Senatehttp://tenncva.com/2009/06/01/redhatrob-kay-brooks-on-the-radio-talking-about-homeschooling-in-tennessee/The show is hosted by Babe Huggett (who blogs at TheRealityCheck.org) and Warner Todd Huston (who is a prolific blogger and owner of StopTheACLU). You can click on the Life, Liberty link to go to the show’s homepage and listen to the show on your PC, ...Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:02:12 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/06/01/redhatrob-kay-brooks-on-the-radio-talking-about-homeschooling-in-tennessee/http://tenncva.com/2009/05/20/weapons-of-mass-instruction/John Taylor Gatto has a new book out. That is cause for celebration. For those who are not familiar with him, a bit of his biography is in order. Gatto taught for 30 years in the public schools of New York City, specifically Community School District 3, ...Wed, 20 May 2009 19:35:37 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/05/20/weapons-of-mass-instruction/David SarnoffWall Street JournalH. L. MenckenRichard BransonBill Gateshttp://tenncva.com/2009/04/29/tennessee%e2%80%99s-jihad-against-homeschoolers/As a result of her presentations, other agencies and departments of the state began to reject diplomas issued to homeschoolers when a high school diploma was required by law for certain regulated categories of employment. At first it was the Tennessee ...Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:21:03 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/04/29/tennessee%e2%80%99s-jihad-against-homeschoolers/Barack Obamahttp://tenncva.com/2009/04/29/news-flash-36000-people-will-die-from-the-flu-this-year/As they did last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. Here’s how that number is derived and reported by the Centers for Disease Control: “Using new and improved statistical models, CDC scientists estimate that an average of 36,000 ...Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:18:26 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/04/29/news-flash-36000-people-will-die-from-the-flu-this-year/http://tenncva.com/2009/03/22/national-homechool-basketball-tournament-star-already-signed-with-the-lady-vols/Homeschooling sports teams are coming of age. The breadth, depth, and quality of play at the national basketball tournament has been steadily improving for the past five or six years. This year’s event in Springfield, MO involves 340 teams from 20 ...Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:46:16 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/03/22/national-homechool-basketball-tournament-star-already-signed-with-the-lady-vols/Tim Tebowhttp://tenncva.com/2009/03/16/department-of-defense-doesnt-want-civilians-reloading/The Shootist reports that several purchasers of expended brass ammunition casing from the Department of Defense have been notified that they may no longer use the brass for reloading and resale. The DOD, effective immediately is requiring that the ...Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:21:30 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/03/16/department-of-defense-doesnt-want-civilians-reloading/http://tenncva.com/2009/03/06/germany-is-reverting-to-paper-ballots-but-not-tennessee/Ballot security is the cornerstone of free elections. So why are State Sen. Ketron and State Rep. Todd sponsoring a bill to scrap the recently mandated return to paper ballots? See HB 0614 & SB 0872. ...Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:36:24 GMThttp://tenncva.com/2009/03/06/germany-is-reverting-to-paper-ballots-but-not-tennessee/