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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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When the Tweetdeck’s a rockin’…
January 27, 2010 – 11:53 pm | No Comment
When the Tweetdeck’s a rockin’…

Finally and with climactic energy, Dow’s man crush on the President (Obama was referred to by name during Constantine’s campaign only slightly less often than that of the candidate himself) was revealed for Wednesday night for all of Twitterdom to behold.

GOP dialogue on State of the Union will be high-tech and mobile
January 26, 2010 – 11:07 pm | No Comment
GOP dialogue on State of the Union will be high-tech and mobile

On the eve of President Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress (scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, Weds. Jan. 27th, on all major broadcast and cable news networks with the Republican …

Hey Daddy ‘O,’ the kids aren’t all right
January 24, 2010 – 11:27 pm | No Comment
Hey Daddy ‘O,’ the kids aren’t all right

For President Obama, maintaining a high rate of success as his ideas become public policy is not a vanity project, it is crucial for his political survival. It is why the election of Senator-elect Scott Brown represents a catastrophic wounding of his presidency.

How do you ‘kill’ a stubborn health bill? Sunlight and lots of it.
January 16, 2010 – 2:34 pm | No Comment
How do you ‘kill’ a stubborn health bill? Sunlight and lots of it.

In an attempt to circumvent the shady tactics the President, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Reid are utilizing to shut the door on the American public, Rep. Buchanan has introduced a new piece of legislation to drag the health care deliberation out of the Democrat’s bunkered caucus and into the light of public and media scrutiny, where it belongs.