This is the sixth anniversary of the transition of Senator Edward Moore Kennedy after a battle with a form of brain cancer that is already more treatable than during his life, no doubt in no small part to funding for health care that he … [Read more...]
Archives for August 26, 2015
Backfilling: The Solution to Charter School Waiting Lists
So now the charter school advocates are trying a ballot initiative to raise the charter school cap. Think of the children! Those poor children languishing on the charter school waiting lists! I know from personal experience that there's … [Read more...]
Why on earth would Elizabeth Warren want to be Joe Biden’s VP?
There's been a great deal of breathless speculation following the meeting between Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, much of it centered on the (entirely hypothetical so far) possibility of Biden's jumping into the race for president and … [Read more...]
Nothing Natural About Fracked Gas
We don't call it "natural oil" or "natural coal." So why do we refer to methane gas - especially the gas that's been fracked - as "natural"? Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is … [Read more...]