[ click here for PDF of full report ]: [ NCSPE study summary ] Findings reveal that demographic differences between students in public and private schools account for the relatively high raw scores of private schools on the NAEP. … [Read more...]
Message from the Murray Campaign!
Statewide Signature Drive This Saturday - We Need You!This weekend we will be gathering nominating signatures at more than 25 locations throught the state! We need your help to get Tim over the top! You can join us at the campaign office at … [Read more...]
Archdiocese fires Scalia photographer
Today's Herald reports that Peter Smith, the freelance photographer and BU photojournalism professor who took the picture showing Justice Antonin Scalia making an insulting/obscene/you-make-the-call gesture inside Boston's Cathedral of the … [Read more...]
Friday backblog
Drips and drabs that I've neglected to blog:So, a Kennedy school dean and University of Chicago prof release a white-hot report on the influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups on American foreign policy. I'm not going to address the merits … [Read more...]
State Republicans clamping down on free speech?
There's a good article by Brian McGrory in today's Globe regarding a little tiff between "local developer and civic good-guy" John Rosenthal and the Outdoor Advertising Board.Apparently Rosenthal, who is probably most famous for his giant … [Read more...]
Candidates…..Lets see your Tax Returns
I am a supporter of Reilly. But ,I also believe that the other millionaires like Mihos, Gabrielli and Healy should also disclose. Weld, Cellucci and Swift , three previous republican governors went public with their tax returns. Mitt was … [Read more...]
You know the deficit is getting too large when …
You know the deficit is getting too large when the US debt clock in Times Square is running out of room. The bigger problem is that most Americans don't care.If you ran your home budget like the US government you would be filing for … [Read more...]
Mother Nature 1 Cape Millionaires 0
The AP reports via the Globe: "Audubon society supports Cape wind farm. The Massachusetts Audubon Society has given preliminary support to a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound after studies allayed concerns that the farm's turbine blades … [Read more...]