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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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How Can the U.S. Military Maintain a Positive Image with Americans?
November 23, 2008 – 3:38 pm | 5 Comments

This morning, I received a link to a video someone made for promotional use by the United States Air Force.  The slogan is "America’s Air Force: Then, Now, Always," and uses audio from a John …

NYT Sources: Iran Has Enough Material for One Nuclear Bomb
November 20, 2008 – 8:39 am | No Comment

It appears that there is now credible evidence that Iran has produced enough weapons-grade material to build one weapon, as reported by the New York Times on Wednesday.
This is something that I wrote about last …

Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Retains Key Chairmanship of Homeland Security
November 18, 2008 – 10:27 am | No Comment

I picked this up off the CNN.com Political Ticker:
(CNN) — Senate Democrats have voted to allow Sen. Joe Lieberman to retain his chairmanship of the powerful Homeland Security Committee.
The secret-ballot vote was 42-13.
Lieberman is losing …

Iranian Foreign Minister Threatens Attacks on London… With Non-Existent Nuclear Arsenal?
October 24, 2008 – 9:10 am | No Comment

In browsing Brit Hume’s Political Grapevine column this morning on FoxNews.com, I found this not-so-surprising morsel:
London Calling
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official says his government should target one of the United States’ closest allies to ensure …

Russian Federation and Venezuela Sign Energy Cooperation Agreements
September 26, 2008 – 8:22 am | One Comment

Blackjack Bomber Visits Should Not be Removed from the Foreign Policy Assessment
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev today signed a pact to cooperate on energy issues, specifically to form a relationship …