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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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Illinois Governor’s Arrest Gives Us Another Fine Example of CNN Balance
December 9, 2008 – 9:36 am | No Comment

I don’t even have a comment about the CNN.com story‘s content.  Any time a sitting governor is taken into federal custody on suspicion of bribery there is something serious going on.
What I want to know …

Dan Rather: Our Least Appreciated Constitutional Scholar
December 9, 2008 – 9:01 am | No Comment

Speaking on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" program last Friday, Dan Rather volunteered to act as an unelected editor of the Constitution.  According to Rather, the nation would be better served by ignoring the Twentieth Amendment to …

Common Sense Descends Upon Amsterdam
December 6, 2008 – 11:58 am | No Comment

In a shockingly logical response to the prevalence of organized crime in the industries supporting gambling, prostitution and drug sales, the city of Amsterdam has introduced plans to close many of the establishments that presently …

The Only Thing Swinging At (or Near) Seattle’s Safeco Field Should Be Mariners’ Bats
December 5, 2008 – 7:08 pm | No Comment

If the decision of Seattle city planner Andrew McKim stands, the city of Seattle could have its newest strip club placed within tobacco-spitting distance of the field used by the city’s major league baseball franchise.  …

BREAKING: O.J. Sentenced to Jail Time
December 5, 2008 – 11:50 am | No Comment

Image:O.J. Simpson 1990 · DN-ST-91-03444 crop.JPEGJudge Jackie Glass, the presiding judge in O.J. Simpson’s armed robbery case, has sentenced the former-NFL football star and notoriously acquitted murder suspect at least 15 years in prison.  Read …

Speaker Pelosi’s Regime, Combined with ‘Kitchen Sink’ Proposals, Will Extend Detroit’s Decline
December 3, 2008 – 8:50 am | One Comment

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Maybe in all of the bluster and fluster surrounding the pleading – nay, begging – from the chief executives of America’s automotive manufacturing firms the quid pro quo being proffered will seem reasonable. After all, …