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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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GOP dialogue on State of the Union will be high-tech and mobile
January 26, 2010 – 11:07 pm | No Comment
GOP dialogue on State of the Union will be high-tech and mobile

On the eve of President Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress (scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, Weds. Jan. 27th, on all major broadcast and cable news networks with the Republican …

Hey Daddy ‘O,’ the kids aren’t all right
January 24, 2010 – 11:27 pm | No Comment
Hey Daddy ‘O,’ the kids aren’t all right

For President Obama, maintaining a high rate of success as his ideas become public policy is not a vanity project, it is crucial for his political survival. It is why the election of Senator-elect Scott Brown represents a catastrophic wounding of his presidency.

Jack Kemp: 1935-2009
May 2, 2009 – 8:17 pm | No Comment
Jack Kemp: 1935-2009

Former congressman, vice presidential candidate, past Housing and Urban Development Secretary and NFL quarterback Jack Kemp has died of a cancer diagnosed only this January.
Though Kemp did not square well with conservative Republicans on many …

GOP Values Demand Greater Response to Charges of “Lying”
September 5, 2008 – 7:36 am | No Comment

Public Support for Senator Lieberman May Be Key to Winning Independent and Jewish Vote
My maternal grandmother taught me that to level the charge against someone of being a liar was the gravest of allegations, an …