Thursday, September 17, 2009

Happy Constitution Day!

Today in 1787 our founders finalized a summer long project, the U.S. Constitution. As a means of celebrating I have assembled a number of great links that you might want to explore.
E Pluribus Unum http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/
Exploring Constitutional Law http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html
U.S. Constitution Center http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ncc_progs_Constitution_Day.aspx
Interactive Christie painting -"Signing of the U.S. Constitution" http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/christy/

Friday, September 11, 2009

We remember 9/11

It is hard to believe that this is the eight year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. For those of you too young to remember I found this link http://www.frugalsites.net/911/sept11.html that provides a great memorial to those lost.

Friday, September 4, 2009

The first week is over!

Congratulations on making it through your first week of 2009-10. I hope that you can get some rest over the three day weekend (Labor Day is Monday). This year I am going to try and add links to important news stories and events on Fridays. Check out these stories.

China's [communist] flag to go up at the White House?- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/13/content_8422505.htm Why do you think that many Americans will be upset by this?



U.S. Unemployment rises to 9.7% -http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azXZugoul_S0 Ouch! What do you think that the Obama administration should do about this growing problem?



President Obama speaks to the nation's students-http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090904/D9AGF8L80.html and http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26744.html Much ado about nothing or is the fear of dictatorship real?



On the lighter side I hope you will pay attention to this http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/buckeyextra/gameday/home.html on Saturday. Go Bucks!