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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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Sources: Black Panther voter intimidation case hearing rescheduled
March 16, 2010 – 8:07 am | 2 Comments
Sources: Black Panther voter intimidation case hearing rescheduled

Independent Government Civil Rights Commission Resets Calendar for Inquiry Into Controversial Justice Department Decision
NBPP_Philly According to an official source within the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the eight-person independent government panel has set a date …

The Obama Administration and The Black Panthers: Postcards From Post-Racial America
March 11, 2010 – 2:48 pm | No Comment
The Obama Administration and The Black Panthers: Postcards From Post-Racial America

White House Pressure to Dismiss the New Black Panther Voter Intimidation Case Corrupts the Positive Message of Hope and Change

Washington Poll reports high level of support for public health care option
March 8, 2010 – 1:12 am | One Comment
Washington Poll reports high level of support for public health care option

Would a Democratic Jedi mind trick strategy work to pass healthcare amid low public support by simultaneously informing the public that they were in favor of the measure? In politics, literally anything can happen.

Goodwin Liu: Obama’s Newest Deconstructionist Judiciary Nominee
March 6, 2010 – 1:33 am | One Comment
Goodwin Liu: Obama’s Newest Deconstructionist Judiciary Nominee

Opposition to Liu should not focus on his personal opinions on specific issues, or the settling of partisan scores. It should be directed at exposing his extreme liberal judicial philosophy.

Twelfth-hour bipartisan effort rescues Patriot Act
February 26, 2010 – 1:54 pm | No Comment
Twelfth-hour bipartisan effort rescues Patriot Act

Since Inauguration Day 2009, a firestorm of scorn has scorched the op-ed pages of the nation’s dailies extolling the evils of partisanship in Washington, D.C. as typified by “black hat” Republicans and their stubborn refusals …

Breitbart CPAC kerfuffle is a pleasant lesson in true democracy
February 24, 2010 – 9:00 am | 4 Comments
Breitbart CPAC kerfuffle is a pleasant lesson in true democracy

Ordinarily I like my politics like my martinis, dry and not over-ginned. The business of setting policy is one that directly affects the lives of individuals, sometimes in life and death ways, and it …