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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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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 …

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, …

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 …

Is Biden Freelancing at CNN?
October 13, 2008 – 3:31 pm | No Comment

imageSomeone needs to remind CNN that in 1933 the US still had yet to experience the worst of the Great Depression.
Should this be filed under "Failed Education System" or "Media Ineptitude"?
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Act I in the Theater of the Grand Inquisition of Socialism
September 30, 2008 – 9:01 am | No Comment

"Torquemada" Pelosi Fans Flames of Class Warfare
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One might expect to hear Madame Congresswoman Pelosi screaming, "Repent!  Repent your capitalism and accept socialism as your savior!"  Her dogmatic passion for the big government solutions embedded …