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OpinionOctober 2, 2013

In this day and age, it seems we're all running an endless race to be better than someone else or to one-up them somehow. We should strive to be more like Christ, rather than pleasing other people. The tea party is referring to the new Common Core standards as Obama Core, despite the fact he and the federal government had nothing to do with its creation. ...

Be like Christ

In this day and age, it seems we're all running an endless race to be better than someone else or to one-up them somehow. We should strive to be more like Christ, rather than pleasing other people.

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Common Core

The tea party is referring to the new Common Core standards as Obama Core, despite the fact he and the federal government had nothing to do with its creation. The fact is they were developed by teachers and researchers at the urging of a bipartisan group of governors and state education leaders. The tea party is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.

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