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A second look at Washington school rankings finds signs of statewide decay
February 11, 2011 – 8:38 am | No Comment

Last April, the Washington State Board of Education published its Public School Accountability Index, a measure of how the state’s 2,000-plus public K-12 schools are educating more than half a million children. Earlier this week, …

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Early Daily Kos poll rings warning for Dems in 2010
November 30, 2009 – 4:13 pm | No Comment
Early Daily Kos poll rings warning for Dems in 2010

Notable think tank for left-wing lunacy Daily Kos has taken an early peek at what lay under the tree for Democrats this holiday season and found a bounty of coal, if polling data can …

World fails to end as massive European particle collider restarts
November 20, 2009 – 10:35 pm | No Comment
World fails to end as massive European particle collider restarts

After a delay of more than a year, the Large Hadron Collider that straddles the French-Swiss border near Geneva is up and running. The $10 billion device — a European enterprise built to conduct …

Cyclist hit-and-run prompts discussion about bicycle licensing
November 19, 2009 – 2:10 pm | One Comment
Cyclist hit-and-run prompts discussion about bicycle licensing

The inequities that exist in road rules are applied to bicycles now sharing our roads in increasing numbers, and the lack of accountability and liability for cyclists generated quite a stir when made some …

Virg. Gov. Kaine: Deeds’ lost by distancing from Obama, Democrat base
November 16, 2009 – 10:54 pm | One Comment
Virg. Gov. Kaine: Deeds’ lost by distancing from Obama, Democrat base

Virginia Democrats might consider taking a little Dramamine and strapping in to their bunks tonight because the post-election spin machine to explain a crushing 17-point Republican victory has been switched from blend to frappé. In …

The ‘BlackBerry’ President admits to never using Twitter
November 16, 2009 – 7:57 am | No Comment
The ‘BlackBerry’ President admits to never using Twitter

If you’re one of the 2.6 million plus followers of President Barack Obama’s Twitter feed, you may or may not be surprised to learn that the surprisingly small number of “tweets” send out via …

FAA releases new “Air Force One” flyover docs
November 13, 2009 – 1:45 pm | One Comment
FAA releases new “Air Force One” flyover docs

An FAA release of additional documents relating to the “Scare Force One” incident over New York City earlier this year demonstrates the federal government is still withholding documents that could shed light on how the panic-striking mission was planned and whether additional White House officials were involved.