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Lottery Scholarship Retention Rates Nothing New

Nov 1, 2011JerryArkansas LotteryArkansas Lottery

Last Friday the Department of Higher Education released a study showing 40% of college freshmen who received lottery scholarships last year did not return to school this past August. Among the reasons cited for this failure were students’ inability to meet minimum credit hour and GPA requirements to keep their scholarships.

This is nothing new. The Tennessee Lottery faced this very same situation in the spring of 2008, while lottery proponents were pushing to legalize a lottery in Arkansas. Here’s the problem: (more…)

Free Christmas Album with Donation to Family Council

Nov 1, 2011JerryChristmasChristmas

November is here, and–as the stores are all letting us know–the Christmas season is upon us.

All during the months of November and December, Family Council is giving away a free, digital Christmas album to anyone who donates via our website. These donations will help us finish 2011 strong and begin 2012 with confidence. No gift is too small. Just click here to send your donation. We will send you an email with instructions for downloading your copy of the album we’ve assembled.

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Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should

Nov 1, 2011JerryQuick ThoughtsFile Cabinet

At the close of World War II the United States stood as the world’s lone superpower.

No other nation had the awesome power of the Atomic Bomb. Winston Churchill said that the United States was the first nation in history with enough power to conquer the entire world, and they chose not to do so.

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