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How Test Obsession Is Killing Education
We're dangerously mired in squabbling about what "the data" reveal about the quality of American schooling, even as teachers go begging for the very pencils students need to fill out the oh-so-critically-important tests.
How'd They Get The Keys To The Car Again?
Crashing the government and economy because they don't like a law saying companies can’t deny insurance to people with pre-existing conditions? Who gave them the keys to the car again?
The Monster They've Created
The Tea Party tail wagging this dog seems to really believe that the country will rally to their side and force President Obama to junk his signature legislative achievement.
Memo To Media: Bullies And The Bullied Are Not The Same
The past few days, as the Congress careened toward today's government shutdown, the media has been inundated with pox-on-both-their-houses framing of the issue. We have to stand up to the media on this.
Progressive Breakfast
Republicans Shutdown Government Shutdown begins as Republicans refuse to give up ObamaCare attacks. WSJ: "On a 228-199 vote, the House passed a measure instructing House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) to appoint a set of negotiators to work out a budget resolution...
Republicans Win Standoff, Shoot Hostages Anyway
In this high-stakes standoff, John Boehner and the Republican leadership got everything in the budget that they wanted. Then they started shooting hostages anyway.
This Is Not A Compromise.
Over the weekend, House Republicans approved a so-called compromise to avoid a government shutdown. However, their idea of negotiation was nothing more than ridiculous, right-wing demands they included in the continuing resolution.
How The "Magic Asterisk" Caused The Shutdown
If you want to understand how we got to the point of a government shutdown, ask any Republican exactly what they would cut from the budget, and ask them to give actual dollar amounts of how much money that would "save."
Exchange Grate
Listening to the Republicans lie outrageously on the Sunday shows about the catastrophic effects of a program that isn't even in effect (while denying that climate change exists!) is enough to give me a headache.
The Year Persistence Edged Plutocracy
Exactly a hundred years ago, decades of progressive struggle finally paid off and outfitted America with a tool for braking the unlimited accumulation of grand private fortune.
