http://www.redstate.com/ken_blackwell Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At a time when the unemployment rate is nearing double-digits, President Obama’s OSHA nominee, David Michaels, threatens to be an occupational hazard. He’s also a radical. Conservatives who were outraged by Van Jones should be apoplectic about his tenure when they consider that -- according to their website ... http://www.redstate.com/ken_blackwell/2009/09/14/obama%e2%80%99s-osha-pick-david-michaels-makes-van-jones-look-tame/ The same geniuses who gave us "classic" movies like "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot," "Gigli" and "Catwoman" are at it again.  Only this time, their Hollywood flop isn't just a bad-but-over-hyped movie, but a decision to stifle creativity and the rights of consumers.   As everyone knows, the music industry ... http://www.redstate.com/ken_blackwell/2009/08/18/about-those-hollywood-control-freaks/ Ohio is crucial to America’s future. Ohioans put George W. Bush over the top in `04. And it was when he lost Ohio that John McCain’s hopes for a come-from-behind victory went up in smoke. No Republican has ever been elected President without winning the Buckeye State. So when Ohio ... http://www.redstate.com/ken_blackwell/2009/07/29/ohio-and-obamacare-abortions/ Yesterday’s Washington Post’s front page is a study in cross-cutting pressures on our new President. “Poll Shows Obama Slipping on Key Issues” reads the four-column headline. Amazing. But then, in smaller type, read this: “The Race to Reform.” That lesser headline is the Administration’s answer to the slippage the grim polling ... http://www.redstate.com/ken_blackwell/2009/07/21/the-race-to-reform/ The discussion over quality in higher education and maintaining standards of academic excellence in American colleges took an ugly turn March 2nd when Harvard law professor and former Clinton Administration lightning rod Lani Guinier declared that standardized testing is racist. Guinier’s remarks were part of a televised forum on C-SPAN about ... http://www.redstate.com/ken_blackwell/2009/03/09/lani-guinier-returns-to-declare-standardized-tests-racist/ I would like to thank all of my friends in the conservative community for their humbling support in my bid for Chairman of the Republican National Committee. I know my late entry and lack of membership on the committee made it an uphill battle for us, but with your ... http://www.redstate.com/ken_blackwell/2009/02/03/back-to-basics-for-the-gop/