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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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First thoughts on President Obama’s Cairo speech
June 4, 2009 – 8:33 am | One Comment
First thoughts on President Obama’s Cairo speech

Thanks to C-SPAN, I was able to watch and listen to President Obama’s much-anticipated speech in its entirety, and the White House was also unusually Johnny-on-the-spot in making the full text available.  I will …

EXAMINER.COM: Obama’s Islamic dialogue: Detente or appeasement?
June 3, 2009 – 12:09 pm | No Comment
EXAMINER.COM: Obama’s Islamic dialogue: Detente or appeasement?

Obama’s claim that America is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world” is an exaggeration so large you could fly four jet fuel-laden passenger jets through it.

UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to step down
June 2, 2009 – 12:39 pm | No Comment
UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to step down

Inflammatory talk show host Michael Savage should be doing a jig this afternoon.  Jacqui Smith, the controversial British Home Secretary, is planning to resign from Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s cabinet as soon as next …

Possible No. Korean long-range missile launch on the horizon
May 31, 2009 – 9:14 pm | No Comment
Possible No. Korean long-range missile launch on the horizon

After an extremely active week of North Korean saber-rattling and nuclear brinksmanship, intelligence gathering has picked up information that a launch of a Taepodong-2 missile may take place within the next few weeks.  The …

Iran claims successful test of missile capable of striking Israel
May 20, 2009 – 7:29 am | No Comment
Iran claims successful test of missile capable of striking Israel

President Ahmadenijad asserts Iran’s power to “send to hell” its enemies
According to Associated Press reports, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Wednesday that his county had completed a successful test of an advanced ballistic missile …

Examiner.com: Hussein reign of terror is subject of grisly “Red Museum”
May 19, 2009 – 11:17 am | One Comment
<i>Examiner.com</i>: Hussein reign of terror is subject of grisly “Red Museum”

Writing at Examiner.com on Tuesday, Unequal Time’s Bryan Myrick urges readers to consider reacquiring ownership of the real reason for the War in Iraq after reading an article describing ‘exhibits’ at a museum in the …