Who says that Las Vegas is the biggest gaming capital of the world? Wall Street seems to be the biggest Crap shoot of all. This past week the news has been focused on the economy and how the government, that's the taxpayers, needs to bail it out or our entire economy would fail.  The basic premise of a market-based economy is to "buy low, sell high, make a profit." If a company over extends itself ...More »

This week for your government class you need to complete the first serious lecture assignment for this class. Before you get there let me tell you about these assignments... There are only six of them for the whole year. That's it six. I know you're pretty excited about that. You have to be. No here's where things get complicated... You are going to get these assignments back from me, probably several times, ...More »

This week there are two assignments for you to do.  The first assignment is a quick review of Unit 1: 06 Unit 2 - Review Assignment The second assignment is to help you learn about your political point of view: 07 Unit 2 - Discussion Once you've done that, check out this article from the Washington Post: Startle Response Linked to Politics and let me know if how you scored on the World's Smallest Political Quiz agrees with this article.  Why ...More »

This week you need to complete the Unit 1 Project. It starts right here: Unit 1 Project What I'm trying to here, as your teacher, is just get to know about each of you. So take your time with it and let me know a bit about you. Speaking of learning a bit about someone; did you anyone else see Matt Damon's questions about getting to know Sara Palin? If not, check it out: As always, ...More »

You're two weeks into your government class and by the end of this week the first quarter will be 1/3 of the way over. Really. Time flies. This week you need to complete the Unit 1 Lesson 5 Assignment which is: The Great American Civics Quiz After you look at it and get done screaming at me, take a deep breath. Then take another one. Now one more. Okay. Still mad at me? You are? One more breath ...More »

If you'd like to learn more about Joe Biden and Sara Palin, I know I wanted to, check out this honors project: Great job, Reina. More »

Well, you made it through the first week of your government class.  Good job! This is a funny year to be in a government class.  There's all this stuff that we need to talk about and then there's this thing, this presidential election thing, going on that's a bit more fun than say reciting what the three branches of government are.  We've got to make sure that we make some time to do that too, but ...More »

Hi Everybody.  I'm so stoked to be back.  Well, I mean, you know.  I never really left.  I was here all summer getting ready for this year, but I'm stoked to be working with you this year and I'm glad that you're here. How was your summer?  Mine was pretty good.  Like I said, I was here a lot, but I did make some time to go do a few things.  For example, I went on ...More »