Less than 16 percent of teachers' union dues in several school districts in Massachusetts stays with the teachers' local union, a Pioneer Institute study found.
The rest goes to state and national teachers unions that the teachers also belong to, according to the policy brief from the conservative think tank in Boston.
Dan Crenshaw, the maligned American hero and Republican congressman-elect, followed up his appearance on Saturday Night Live this past weekend with a column in The Washington Post that is must-reading for political commentators everywhere.
Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL who lost his right eye to an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, graciously accepted in person this past Saturday night an apology for way-beyond-the-pale comments a comedian on the NBC show had made about him a week before. He also offered ways for civilians and veterans to come together in the common American cause.
