Tag: QOD

QOD — How Can An Accountability Testing Scheme Produce Such Low SAT Scores?

Filed in Delaware by on October 13, 2014 27 Comments
QOD — How Can An Accountability Testing Scheme Produce Such Low SAT Scores?

We found out this week that approximately 25% of Delaware’s High school students are college-ready, in terms of their SAT scores. Leaving aside that SAT scoring is not the most reliable measure of college-readiness, what is the correlation between the SATs and the DCAS testing regime in Delaware’s schools? It seems to me that if DCAS measures what a kid is learning (yes, I know that is a BIG IF), and the kids are taking a curriculum that makes them ready for college, how can the SAT scores be so out of line with all of this testing? It is pretty remarkable to me that DCAS is used as an accountability test, but that it apparently all of that learning it measures doesn’t translate to better SAT scores.

Continue Reading »

QOD — Should the NFL Lose Their Federal Tax Exemption?

Filed in National by on September 22, 2014 12 Comments
QOD — Should the NFL Lose Their Federal Tax Exemption?

Easy question — the NFL head office gets to operate as a non-profit (even though individual teams pay taxes), exempt from Federal taxes. There’s probably not a ton of money involved in eliminating this tax subsidy, but there is no reason my a sports league (even if it is the head office only) to no have to pay taxes. It isn’t as though the NFL needs any special incentives to operate or to make money. They squeeze enough of those out of the taxpayers of the cities they play in. And apparently, professional hockey and professional golf have the same deal. Seriously?

Continue Reading »

QOD — Get Your Gameface On

Filed in National by on September 14, 2014 5 Comments

This image seems to be going viral fast and is a photoshopped version of an ad that is part of the Cover Girl Game face makeup (WTF?), and is accompanied by a pretty strong message to fire Roger Goodell. What do you think?

Continue Reading »

QOD — Where’s the Best BBQ in Delaware?

Filed in Delaware by on May 23, 2014 12 Comments
QOD — Where’s the Best BBQ in Delaware?

Actually, let’s make it this question — where’s the Best BBQ in two hours driving distance from Wilmington? Feel free to recommend places further away though — I was talking to a friend this morning about a day trip for BBQ.

Continue Reading »

QOD — Weigh In On the New Delawareonline Interface

Filed in Delaware by on February 14, 2014 19 Comments

Thanks to Steve Newton here, we have a new Question of the Day?

Does anybody else hate the new even-less-functional-than-before Delaware Online interface as badly as I do?

Continue Reading »

QOD — Should the US Boycott the Sochi Olympics?

Filed in National by on August 7, 2013 11 Comments
QOD — Should the US Boycott the Sochi Olympics?

George Takei has a provocative blog post arguing that It’s Time to Move the Olympics:

It’s been bubbling for some time, but the controversy over Russia’s draconian “gay propaganda” law has now boiled over.Last week, Russia’s Sports Minister confirmed that the country intends to enforce its laws against visiting LGBT athletes, trainers and fans, meaning anyone even so much as waving a rainbow flag (and I presume many men enthusiastically watching and dramatically commenting on figure skating) would be arrested, held for weeks and then deported.Given this position, the IOC must do the right thing, protect its athletes and the fans, and move the 2014 Winter Olympics out of Russia.

Continue Reading »

Question

Filed in Delaware by on December 4, 2009 6 Comments

Why didn’t anyone tell me it was going to snow tomorrow?  😉

Continue Reading »

QotD

Filed in National by on October 29, 2009 8 Comments
QotD

This edition of the QotD is brought to you by Armstrong Williams. Do you remember Armstrong Williams? He was just one of the media figures secretly paid by the Bush administration to push Bush administration policies. In Williams’s case, he was paid $250K to promote “No Child Left Behind.”

Continue Reading »

QOD

Filed in National by on July 18, 2009 15 Comments

Via CNN: Should a woman get pregnant (using IVF) if she’s 50 or older?

Continue Reading »

QOD — Rethinking the Legislature Edition

Filed in National by on June 10, 2009 50 Comments

The State of Maine is taking steps to regorganize its legislature from a bicameral body to a unicameral body.  This measure actually passed their House yesterday.  They say they are doing this to save money — $11M per year. So here’s the questions: 1.  At the state level do you think that a unicameral legislature […]

Continue Reading »

QOD II

Filed in National by on January 12, 2009 23 Comments

What do you think of a nationwide cell phone ban while driving?

Continue Reading »