Late Night Video: Mr. Trololo
The Mr. Trololo video is sweeping the inter tubes and should be watched if you haven't already seen it. According to Pravda, yes that newspaper, this is a video of…
Evening Read
Education historian Diane Ravitch on educational reform, The Big Idea — it's bad educational policy. NY Times columnist Frank Rich on why revisionists like Liz Cheney and Karl Rove must…
Impeach Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas was in the court majority in the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which overturned a century's worth of regulations barring unlimited spending by corporations in political campaigns. Virginia…
Grade the Earmarks
Following up on Scott P's interesting thinking on earmarks (yes I know), here is an interesting approach to the earmark question -- Congressman Tim Walz (MN-1) has asked his constituents to vote and comment on the earmark applications submitted to his office. You can see them all (plus the feedback form) here. And if you click over to look, as you review the list of earmark requests (99 requests?? Yikes!), you have the opportunity to review the documents on each request.
US To Get Its Learnin’ On
On Monday, the Obama Administration will be sending Congress its blueprint for education reform. A couple of points from Obama's video address Saturday are: 1) much of America's success in the 20th Century was due to a great educational system that focused on science; 2) other nations around the world are investing in education because they know how important it is, 3) states will compete for funding in as way to improve standards and the quality of teaching, 4) schools that achieve excellence will be rewarded, 5) teachers will be better trained, better supported and be treated as professionals; and 6) all students should graduate from high school and be prepared for college and a career.
Ask the FCC Chair a Question
This coming Tuesday, the FCC is announcing its National Broadband Plan, outlining the path to get all of us connected to fast and affordable internet service. Once the plan is announced, the FCC Chair, Julius Genachowski, will sit for a You Tube interview -- answering questions submitted by citizens and chosen (via ratings) by us.
Example 8397
We all know that the Republican Party doesn't want to govern, doesn't know how to govern and does everything possible to make sure no one can govern. Given all of…
The Hillary Clinton Vibe
The Castle campaign is starting to take on what I call the Hillary Clinton Vibe. The vibe happens when a campaign that is pursuing an "inevitable" strategy starts believing it is really inevitable, and that leads to sloppy work.