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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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In With the Old, Out With the New
November 13, 2008 – 2:56 pm | No Comment

Is it going to become clear to the public-at-large that Russia in a a phase of expansion.  This post at Naval Open Source Intelligence is just one in a string of startling developments in Russian …

When Times Are Tough, the Obama Campaign Wants to Sell You Another Campaign Tee-Shirt
November 12, 2008 – 2:20 pm | No Comment

imageDavid Plouffe, the campaign manager for Obama for America, just sent me an email to make sure I send him $30 or more to refill the DNC coffers. (In exchange, I will receive a tee-shirt …

Hank Paulson is On the Loose and We Were Concerned About Palin’s Wardrobe Expenditures?
November 12, 2008 – 12:16 pm | No Comment

The era of ‘I told you so’ is about to commence, but for now let’s just deal with the facts.  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has just side-stepped the portion of the $700 billion bailout package …

A Special Veterans Day Message
November 11, 2008 – 12:57 pm | One Comment

We should all pause today to remember the sacrifice – sometimes ultimate – made by men and women in uniform over the course of our nation’s history.
We pray to never again fight against our fellow …

Transition Spokesperson Establishes President-elect Obama as ‘Ruler’
November 11, 2008 – 10:26 am | No Comment

Valerie Jarrett, co-chair of the Obama-Biden transition team, and the person rumored to be President-elect Obama’s choice to fill his vacated Senate seat, has finally let the cat out of the bag. 
"Given the daunting …

Looking to the Future: America version 44.0
November 5, 2008 – 1:57 pm | No Comment

That, as they say, is that. President-elect Barack Obama is correct in saying that, “a defining moment of change has come to America.”
As the first president with a minority background, he will always hold …