BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 11, 2010
Does Judge Bolton legislate from the bench?
‘Just because that’s what Judge Martone and the Ninth Circuit believe, doesn’t mean I happen to agree’
PHOENIX – When U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton gutted the implementation of SB 1070 by essentially exempting illegal aliens from having to adhere to the same federal immigration laws to which law-abiding aliens must abide, it was no surprise. Not to this reporter, anyway. More...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 11, 2010
Communism in the classroom, courtesy Chinese Communist Party
While his teachings are strictly outlawed there, China uses Confucius’ name to sell its language and culture program to the Western world
CCUSD – If you follow Cave Creek Unified School District on Twitter, on Friday you would have received a “tweet” saying, “Congratulations to HTES (Horseshoe Trails Elementary School) and LMES (Lone Mountain Elementary School) for receiving their Confucius in the Classroom Grants. Each school will receive $10,000 for materials.”
The Confucius Classroom program is a Mandarin Chinese language and culture program with instructors and teaching materials provided by the Office of Chinese Language Council International, known as “Hanban.” More...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 11, 2010
Nine indicted in multi-million Internet gambling ring
‘Running an illegal gambling business is a crime. These defendants bet that they wouldn’t get caught. They lost.’
PHOENIX – On July 27, a federal grand jury returned a 21-count indictment against a bevy of bookies, some of which were operating right here in our backyard. More...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 11, 2010
Parker plays the race card, endorses McCain and mass mails a ‘mistake’
Is ‘poster boy’ now a politically incorrect racial slur?
PHOENIX – Congressional candidate Vernon Parker, running in the Republican primary for a shot at Rep. John Shadegg’s seat in District 3, may live to regret attending the Original North Phoenix Tea Party (ONVTP) meeting on Monday night, where he was invited to fill in as a speaker until Sen. Russell Pearce could get there. More...
