As Ive mentioned on this blog before, sometimes time and space dont allow us to publish some interesting national stories.
Such was the case again this morning.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting came across the AP wire at about 9:40 this morning. Todays edition of The Monroe Times already was printing in Janesville by then.
The ruling strikes down the District of Columbias 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment.
Its a landmark decision, the justices first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. Personally, while Ive never held a gun let alone owned one, I think its a right and obvious decision.
Given the recent history of comments on this site to opinions about gun laws, Im curious to know what our readers feel about this ruling. Feel free to post a comment below.
Two other interesting stories originally were slated for todays paper, but got left out for space reasons.
One was an Associated Press story about underage drinking with a suggested headline of Study: Many teens get alcohol from adults.
Many of the nations estimated 10.8 million underage drinkers are turning to their parents or other adults for free alcohol, the AP wrote. A government survey of teens from 2002 to 2006 said slightly more than half had engaged in underage drinking.
Asked about the source of alcohol, 40 percent said they got it from an adult for free over the past month, the survey said. Of those, about one in four said they got it from an unrelated adult, one in 16 got it from a parent or guardian and one in 12 got it from another adult family member.
I think its immature and irresponsible for a parent to give a minor alcohol. But thats just my opinion. I know some people out there disagree. What do you think?
The second AP story, with the headline Schools for teachers flunk math, said that elementary-school teachers are poorly prepared by education schools to teach math, according to a study released today by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
Teacher candidates know their multiplication tables, but they dont come to us knowing why multiplication works the way it does, said Denise Mewborn, who heads the University of Georgia department of math and science education.
Yikes!
Id be interested to hear your take on this news, both from educators and parents.
Such was the case again this morning.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting came across the AP wire at about 9:40 this morning. Todays edition of The Monroe Times already was printing in Janesville by then.
The ruling strikes down the District of Columbias 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment.
Its a landmark decision, the justices first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. Personally, while Ive never held a gun let alone owned one, I think its a right and obvious decision.
Given the recent history of comments on this site to opinions about gun laws, Im curious to know what our readers feel about this ruling. Feel free to post a comment below.
Two other interesting stories originally were slated for todays paper, but got left out for space reasons.
One was an Associated Press story about underage drinking with a suggested headline of Study: Many teens get alcohol from adults.
Many of the nations estimated 10.8 million underage drinkers are turning to their parents or other adults for free alcohol, the AP wrote. A government survey of teens from 2002 to 2006 said slightly more than half had engaged in underage drinking.
Asked about the source of alcohol, 40 percent said they got it from an adult for free over the past month, the survey said. Of those, about one in four said they got it from an unrelated adult, one in 16 got it from a parent or guardian and one in 12 got it from another adult family member.
I think its immature and irresponsible for a parent to give a minor alcohol. But thats just my opinion. I know some people out there disagree. What do you think?
The second AP story, with the headline Schools for teachers flunk math, said that elementary-school teachers are poorly prepared by education schools to teach math, according to a study released today by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
Teacher candidates know their multiplication tables, but they dont come to us knowing why multiplication works the way it does, said Denise Mewborn, who heads the University of Georgia department of math and science education.
Yikes!
Id be interested to hear your take on this news, both from educators and parents.
