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Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
A super post from Raya KingPosted by Michael Butler, Thursday, March 1, 2012
NYT Op-Eds (3)
"It’s time to redefine the right to organize a union as a civil right" (Guest Op-Ed); "Lady Gaga wants to put an end to bullying, which is both a human rights abuse and a hindrance to education" (Kristof); "March 4 is just a few days away. Just want to wish everybody a very happy William Henry Harrison Inauguration Memorial Day!" (Collins)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, March 1, 2012
Stealing From The Mouth of Public Education to Feed the Prison Industrial Complex | Common Dreams
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, February 29, 2012NYT Op-Eds (3)
"Rick Santorum misses the belief-testing point of education" (Bruni); "In recent decades, one pattern has been constant within the Republican Party: Wingers fight to take over the party, mainstream Republicans bob and weave to keep their seats" (Brooks); "An environmental group takes a practical approach to the problems with drilling for hard-to-get natural gas" (Nocera)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, February 28, 2012
To Create Jobs, Transfer Billions From Military to Education
For the best possibility this would be a great movement. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, February 27, 2012
NYT (3): National News
The supposed "wall" between SuperPACs and campaigns is as porous as Swiss cheese; More problems with NYC teacher ratings; A book on "the gay writers who changed America."Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, February 26, 2012
NYT (3): National News
Judge says another NYS town can ban fracking; GOP once again turns campaign from serious issues (economy, etc.) to social (wedge) issues - but this time they may have made a mistake; Controversial NYC teacher evaluations released, but are so "imprecise" that entire method garners an "F."Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, February 25, 2012
Why Teaching People to Think for Themselves Is Repugnant to Religious Zealots and Rick Santorum
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, February 23, 2012NYT Op-Eds & Letters (4)
"Will the Supreme Court reconsider Citizens United through a Montana case on corporate political contributions?" (Greenhouse); "Publicly ranking teachers by name will not help them get better at their jobs or improve student learning" (Gates); "At the 20th debate of the Republican presidential candidates, all the attention was on the two guys at the center of the table: Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum" (Collins); "How We Finance Political Campaigns" (Letters)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 23, 2012
NYT (9): National News
SCOTUS chips away at Miranda again, and agrees to hear affirmative action case; Citizens United creates new breed of "superdonor"; NYS judge says town can ban fracking; NYPD's stop-and-frisk becomes issue in mayoral election; Unemployment system to get an overhaul; In obvious campaign move, Obama offers to lower corporate tax rate, but eliminate loopholes; After labor law violations re foreign students, Hershey's plant is fined; Judge says Bloomberg cannot impose tighter regs on homeless.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, February 22, 2012
NYT (6): National News
GOP campaigns grow dependent on SuperPacs; How your online data is being used by political campaigns; Virginia to vote on forced pre-abortion ultrasound; Activist, not whistleblower, leaked Heartland climate docs; New health guidelines for school vending machines?; What really goes on "behind the scenes" with the food you eat.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, February 21, 2012
AlterNet (3)
How conservatism relies on "low intelligence and poor information"; Are bees the "canaries in the coal mine?"; Why young people are abandoning "conservative evangelicalism."Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, February 18, 2012
NYT (9): National News
Justice Dept. supports equal rights for gays in military; Drilling in Alaska gets one step closer as Obama admin okays spill plan; As Christie vetoes gay marriage in NJ, Maryland moves closer toward it; "Commercial" drones given okay; Unwed motherhood is the "new normal"; Is Cuomo radically overreaching?; Appeals court supports NYC ban on religious services in schools; Dismissals continue for Occupy demonstrators in Brooklyn Bridge incident.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, February 18, 2012
NYT (4): National News
Congress to auction public airwaves; Judge grants temporary reprieve re holding religious services in NYC public schools; Are the incessant GOP debates finally over?; Amanda Knox gets $4 million book deal.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 17, 2012
Secret Corporate-Funded Plan to Teach Kids Climate Change Is a Hoax
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, February 16, 2012NYT Op-Eds (3)
"President Obama can’t have it both ways: if the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are ending, the detention of enemy prisoners without charges must end, too" (Guest Op-Ed); "While our legislators on Capitol Hill are currently very unpopular, there’s good news, people! They seem to be hearing our complaints about partisan gridlock" (Collins); "Teachers’ unions have often been an obstacle to efforts at school reforms. But, in New Haven, they are showing that they can be part of the solution" (Kristof)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 16, 2012
The New Anti-Science Assault on US Schools | Common Dreams
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, February 13, 2012Book Burning in Arizona
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 10, 2012NYT (5): National News
Some exceptions re new homeowner bailout; Rich/poor gap in education growing; Coming soon to your faucet: treated wastewater; Historic moment as Kodak says it will no longer make cameras; OWS protesters interrupt school board meeting.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 10, 2012
Do Politicians Know Anything About Schools and Education? Anything?
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, February 9, 2012NYT (5): National News
Ron Paul sets off firestorm with religious requirement for caucus; Colorado moves to undermine fed law on environment; School-based congregations bemoan new NYC law; NYC defends "scary" health ads; Giants win the Superbowl.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, February 6, 2012
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (10)
"Three major legal cases may influence the 2012 election, but the cases also illustrate how politics shape the Supreme Court" (Editorial); "Whether Barack Obama wins or loses in November, the Democratic Party’s attention will immediately turn to 2016" (Guest Op-Ed); "Whether you can obtain a job, credit or insurance can be based on your digital doppelgänger — and you may never know why you’ve been turned down" (Guest Op-Ed); "Anyone entertaining such dreams of the Internet as a refuge for the bohemian, the hedonistic and the idiosyncratic probably didn’t know the reasons behind the disappearance of the original flâneur" (Guest Op-Ed); "How do the laws and mores of different nations manage, if at all, the multinational companies that now govern our digital lives?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Romney’s Mormon faith is too central to his biography and identity to be swept to the side" (Bruni); "Web tools can turn the world upside down. Change.org has empowered ordinary people to close down homophobic 'clinics' in Ecuador, shine a light on sex trafficking, and force banks to drop fees" (Kristof); "Vladimir Putin has been unable to make the political, economic and educational changes needed to make Russia a modern European state. Will he step up?" (Friedman); "Can Callista transform Newt so that he can transform her into the First Third Lady?" (Dowd); "Half of the country wants to restrict or end abortion, but you wouldn’t know that from the coverage of the Planned Parenthood-Komen controversy" (Douthat)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, February 5, 2012
NYT (9): National News
SuperPac secrecy - the spawn of Citizens United; Indiana gov signs "right to work" bill; Washington to become 7th state to approve same-sex marriage; Keystone pipeline is central to GOP economic argument; Three states order insurers to have climate change responses; Despite directive, pot arrests are up again in NYC; "Pink ribbon" breast cancer org finds itself red-faced as it ends funding for Planned Parenthood; NRC rejects Indian Point fire safety plan; Company behind exchange students who filed lawsuit re working conditions is barred from further biz.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 2, 2012
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (10)
"The system for reviewing presidential appointments is broken. Changing the rule is a risky course, but it is the only way to get the nation’s work done" (Editorial); "A student movement led by Camila Vallejo and centered on reforming Chile’s educational system is upending the society" (Guest Op-Ed); "Millions of children take drugs to help them pay attention — but do they really help?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Focusing on public expectations of privacy means that our rights change when technology does" (Guest Op-Ed); "While Cynthia Nixon’s critics have good reason to worry about how her words will be construed, they have no right to demand silence and conformity from her" (Bruni); "Would it be ethical to produce, or take, a drug that makes us more likely to help others?" (Guest Op-Ed); "What is it about runways that brings out the fire in our cool president?" (Dowd); "There is a big gap in how C.E.O.’s and political leaders look at the world" (Friedman); "The power of the state can crowd out other forms of community" (Douthat); "Religious people are more likely to donate to charity" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 29, 2012
NYT (8): National News
Schneiderman & Co. get right to work issuing subpoenas; Was victory over SOPA/PIPA the result of "Lobbying 2.0?"; Economy grew faster than expected; Waning subsidies for wind and solar; Comparing pot to alcohol, CO hopes to pass relaxed regs on former; As Bloomberg deals with firestorm over anti-Muslim film, the sordid history of the NYPD vs. the facts; RI teen dealing with backlash over successful lawsuit against prayer posted in school.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, January 28, 2012
