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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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Single NYC flyover photo made public; WH Military Office Chief resigns; FOIA still in process
May 8, 2009 – 2:30 pm | One Comment
Single NYC flyover photo made public; WH Military Office Chief resigns; FOIA still in process

As promised by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, the White House released the single photo of the April 27th New York City flyover by SAM 28000 of the United States Air Force 89th Airlift …

FOIA request filed for all documents and photos relating to NYC ‘Air Force One’ flyover
May 7, 2009 – 11:27 am | No Comment
FOIA request filed for all documents and photos relating to NYC ‘Air Force One’ flyover

The average pasta strainer holds water better than the tall tales the White House has been telling to explain the ill-thought flyover of New York City on April 27th by on e of the Air …

UK ‘goes Napolitano’ on US radio host Michael Savage
May 5, 2009 – 5:01 pm | One Comment
UK ‘goes Napolitano’ on US radio host Michael Savage

There’s something the Brits may not be revealing about why Michael Savage won’t be summering in Derbyshire.

I’ll give you a hint: you’re getting warmer.

VIDEO: Sacrificial lambs in killing of DC school voucher program won’t go quietly
May 4, 2009 – 8:43 pm | No Comment
VIDEO: Sacrificial lambs in killing of DC school voucher program won’t go quietly

Via HotAir.com, comes a video that would have been produced by ABC News or CNN… if a Republican president had been the one to sign the writ of execution on a successful school voucher …

Jack Kemp: 1935-2009
May 2, 2009 – 8:17 pm | One Comment
Jack Kemp: 1935-2009

Former congressman, vice presidential candidate, past Housing and Urban Development Secretary and NFL quarterback Jack Kemp has died of a cancer diagnosed only this January.
Though Kemp did not square well with conservative Republicans on many …

Stretching the boundaries of political ambition, literally
May 2, 2009 – 4:34 pm | No Comment
Stretching the boundaries of political ambition, literally

I have to profess a deep and abiding affection for the British press.  They typically wear their partisanship on their sleeve while still providing a manner of relevance in reporting that rivals the subterranean …