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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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Are Americans Really Informed Enough to Even Cast Reasoned Ballots?
November 21, 2008 – 1:25 pm | 5 Comments

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (IGI) released results of a 118-question survey taken of 2,508 respondents, the purpose of which was to determine what the level of civic knowledge was among American adults.  The respondents were …

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 …

Unequal Time’s “Fairness Doctrine” Post Linked by HotAir.com
November 16, 2008 – 8:16 pm | No Comment

Thank you, Ed Morrissey! 
After notifying HotAir.com’s Generalissimo Morrissey my post of last Friday – "LA Times Media Commentator Says Fairness Doctrine is Baseless; Millions of Conservatives Breathe a Sigh of Relief" – he was …

LA Times Media Commentator Says Fairness Doctrine Paranoia Is Baseless; Millions of Conservatives Breathe a Sigh of Relief
November 14, 2008 – 9:05 am | One Comment

Rainey Demonstrates His Lack of Ability to Properly Use Search Engines
The "Fairness Doctrine" issue – the possible re-imposition of political balance requirements for radio broadcasters – is going to be a hot one for the …

Obama Administration’s Vetting Questionnaire: Cuts Like a Knife
November 13, 2008 – 4:14 pm | No Comment

This is the typical combination of traditional vetting and political acid-testing that occurs with White House hiring; I’m not sure why it makes CNN.com’s front page.  A 63-item questionnaire covering every little detail (except drug …