In light of this, I breathlessly await a lengthy diatribe form Mickey Kaus in which he argues for strengthening teacher's unions so that they're protected from having their innovation crushed by nitwit bureaucrats who don't really know anything about teaching. [But he doesn't care about...
Month: May 2007
Today, we celebrate the women who grunted us into being, nourished us to maturity, soothed our wounds, comforted us in sickness, confiscated our drugs, embarrassed us in front of friends,.
Last Tuesday's episode of Veronica Mars was fine and all, but I'm really not convinced that we need to encourage over the hill musicians to play more stuff "from the.
Between March 2003 and August 2006, there was never a period in Iraq in which Coalition casualties exceeded 2.5/day for each of three consecutive months. Since September 2006, Coalition casualties have exceeded 2.5/day every single month. Barring a remarkable downturn in violence, May will be...
When I first met with the TAPPED folks in March, Adele Stan asked "How did you get into this security stuff?" That's not quite the right question; I think that.
You may have seen this article in which Theda Skocpol called for a greater emphasis on teaching at Harvard. MMF has interesting commentary. It's always been strange to me--especially in.
Sorry, Rudy. If you've lost Ben Domenech, you've lost America.Rudy Giuliani is an honorable man, and an inspiring man. He has been an exceptional leader. He saved New York City from more than one tragedy, and helped it recover from another. I personally have an...
Melissa:Speaking of mature and honest public dialogue, I wonder if it would be possible for anti-choice conservatives to address the reality that, even in countries where abortion is illegal and.
Calvin Coolidge was a man of few words and even fewer emotions, but he loved the shit out of his animals. In addition to dogs, cats and birds, the stony.
Although I understand that the commander of the USS Constitution does have some complicated duties, this must nevertheless be embarrassing:The commander of the famed USS Constitution was fired from his post yesterday, two months before his two-year term expired, because the Navy lost confidence in...
A terrific article by Garrett Epps puts Karl Rove's pressuring of US Attorneys to pursue bogus "vote fraud" cases into the larger (and highly consequential) context of the GOP's vote.
Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson