Clearly nobody at Morning Joe sends their kids to NYC public schools
Now maybe you will object to this post just because I watch Morning Joe, but he tries to be civil. (last week was...difficult).Thursday's special edition of "Morning Joe" was devoted to education...
View ArticleShould we free Pollard for a 3 Month Settlement Freeze? (Hint: where is...
According to The Guardian, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is offering a 3 Month West Bank settlement freeze for the freedom of Jonathan Pollard. http://www.guardian.co.uk/... Pollard has served more...
View ArticleAre Bloomberg's calls for "Leadership" just Park Avenue codewords?
Bloomberg for President trial balloons continue surfacing. His calls for "leadership" seem to be a combination of self-promotion and yet another, softer racist attack on Obama.Bloomberg's gave a speech...
View ArticleThe President should act like a President and just issue Bonds already
Congress has passed two laws that contradict each other: (1) the current budget which calls for spending in excess of the debt ceiling and (2) the current debt ceiling.The current budget was passed...
View ArticleGive 'em Bill, Barry.
I'm glad to see President Clinton will speak at the Democratic convention. After that we must keep him campaigning. We need Clinton's partisan strengths to help offset the money, lies, and fear Romney...
View ArticleRyan Plan = Bain Plan = Steal Pensions = Steal Medicare and Social Security
The Republicans' long-term 'fiscal' playbook is so predictable. It's always the same, whether at the Federal, State or corporate level. Whatever the market is doing, they always choose to spin the...
View ArticleWhy I Support Chicago Teachers and Parents: $15 Billion Wasted on NYC Teacher...
I wholeheartedly support the teachers and parents of Chicago in their objection to the imposition of another unproven test-based evaluation system on another city’s children and teachers. The teachers...
View ArticleUse RICO Against the Voter Suppression Conspiracy
Two diaries I read yesterday really got me going. Hungry Coyote and Lefty Coaster both noted reports that as many as 10 million people might be denied their right to vote this fall. I hope that number...
View ArticleMy strategy for giving - let's take back the House
Everybody here is doing what they can. I am now giving money where I think it matters most. I just want to share my approach.Analysis:1. The President will likely reverse the trend. But it is close...
View ArticleTwo #s: #pleaseproceed #getthetranscript
Perhaps the clearest zinger Romney delivered was self-inflicted, with a little nudge from the President.From NY Times live transcript of the 2nd 2012 US Presidential Debate."Please proceed" in this...
View ArticleNot gloating - just sharing crucial information
Just sharing some crucial information: an article in today's New Statesmen titled "5 Pictures of Mitt Romney Looking Sad"Thanks to President Obama and Vice President Biden and President Clinton and the...
View ArticleEach Year NCLB Wastes $50 Billion; and Each Year Public School Kids Lose a...
The education "reform" movement is not just a failure. It is a costly failure, much more expensive than its advocates say. Cost estimates of the "No Child Left Behind" Act radically underestimate the...
View ArticleShould New York State Require Frackers to Buy Watershed Insurance?
Last year Bill McKibben published a fine essay at the New York Review of Books summarizing his opposition to fracking. He noted three environmental problems with fracking that aren't being addressed by...
View ArticleDiane Ravitch Endorses de Blasio for Mayor of NYC and You Should Too [Poll]
I don't place a lot of stock in endorsements. I don't really care who celebrities endorse (not even Clint Eastwood). And NYC's newspapers are in thrall to or owned by the powers that be (real estate...
View ArticleDe Blasio Blasts Bloomberg's Charter Schools; National Impact? (Poll)
Bill de Blasio may be emerging as a national figure with his criticism of a major pillar of the neo-con Educational reform movement.Two days ago NYC Mayoral Candidate de Blasio (the frontrunner for...
View ArticleBloomberg Calls Pictures of de Blasio's Children "Racist"; But What is...
What a clown. From the NY Times: Asked what was racist about the campaign, Mr. Bloomberg said: “I mean he’s making an appeal using his family to gain support. I think it’s pretty obvious to anyone...
View ArticleNYC: Bill Thompson for Ambassador or something [Poll]
The results are in, sort of. Bill de Blasio is unofficially 1,000 votes over the 40% threshold needed to avoid a runoff in NYC's Democratic Mayoral Primary. Second place finisher Bill Thompson...
View ArticleHow de Blasio can Center his Message; Comments on his "Politics Nation"...
New York City Democratic Mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio appeared on Al Sharpton's "Politics Nation" (MSNBC) last Thursday. He was comfortable. He was strong. He is the most robust Democratic nominee...
View ArticleComing Soon NYC: Negative Ads. Survey Firm Looking for Theme
A quick note here. No shocker. Just want to share how they do these things.Tuesday night we got a call from a "survey" firm in Utah (801 377 7003). It seemed like they were just starting. The...
View ArticleVideo - Ravitch Skewers Schools Shock Doctrine, Charter Schools, Testing...
A brief note: education historian (and one time US Assistant Secretary of Education) Diane Ravitch has just published a new book:"Reign of Error". Friday night Ravitch appeared on New York City's...
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