by Mike Bock | Dec 9, 2009 | M Bock, Opinion
I’ll make a motion tomorrow, December 10, at the 7:30 PM monthly meeting of Central Committee of the Montgomery County Democratic Party (MCDP) — HQ on Wilkinson Street. Mr. Chairmen, I move that the Central Committee approve an expenditure of $500 for the...
by Mike Bock | Dec 5, 2009 | M Bock, Opinion
I thought this conversation (see below), between Greg Hunter and David Esrati, interesting. It makes me want to know more. If I stay tuned to Mr. Esrati’s site, I guess I will eventually be enlightened. He and Greg are posting these you-tube conversations on a...
by Mike Bock | Nov 25, 2009 | M Bock, Opinion
Although “liberty and justice for all” is our nation’s goal, we are far from realizing that ideal. The problem is, liberty and justice cost money and in the U.S., a lot of people simply don’t have enough money. We have liberty to freely travel, for example, but...
by Mike Bock | Nov 24, 2009 | M Bock, Opinion
Here is today’s test: What does the phrase, “with liberty and justice for all,” mean to you? On a scale of 0 -100, to what degree does the US live up to the ideal of “liberty and justice for all”? Please explain. Which is more important, liberty or justice? Please...
by Mike Bock | Oct 18, 2009 | M Bock, Opinion
How can public education be transformed? The two ways we currently rely upon are not valid: State and federal government keep making more regulations, more requirements, most tests, more penalties and more rewards. Citizens kept agreeing to fund education at ever...
by Mike Bock | Sep 30, 2009 | M Bock, Opinion
An interesting article in Slate by Zephyr Teachout, predicts, “The web will dismember universities, just like newspapers,” and says, “Undergraduate education is on the verge of a radical reordering. Colleges, like newspapers, will be torn apart by new ways of sharing...
