I recommend this BBC article to summarize the key points of the Finnish success story for outsiders. A few pull-quotes to get you started: Finland's schools score consistently at the top of world rankings, yet the pupils have the fewest … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
Governor helps to insure political success
Today's daily press release from Steve Crawford at the Governor's re-election campaign (email, no link) lays out the brilliant politics of his recent smack down of what is perhaps America's least-loved industry after cigarette companies: … [Read more...]
U.S. targets American for assassination
Call me a hard-line conservative (although not a Whiskey Rebellion Partier!) but I find it unacceptable that the U.S. government has ordered the assassination of a U.S. citizen without a trial. Times of London today: The Obama … [Read more...]
40 Days Until Sestak-Specter and Halter-Lincoln
{First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} 40 days from today - on May 18 - we will see two HUGE primaries for U.S. Senate. Even though these races aren't in Massachusetts, they impact Democrats across the country and, well, the … [Read more...]
Renaming the Tea Party
I am not going to take any time writing about why I don't agree with the politics of the so-called "tea party." There's plenty of that here. I'd like to instead give some context about the silliness of their name, and what we should rename … [Read more...]
Another Knife in the Back of the Real Boston
Below is the lead of Herald reporter Thomas Grillo's announcement of the upcoming Aerosmith/J. Geils concert at Fenway. (I added the bold) The Red Sox [team stats] are set to announce tonight that Aerosmith will play one show at the … [Read more...]
As the tea partiers come to Boston, someone should pass this around
Even FORBES doesn't agree with the TEA PARITERS on lower taxes for CORPORATE POWERS! HOUSTON -- As you work on your taxes this month, here's something to raise your hackles: Some of the world's biggest, most profitable corporations enjoy a … [Read more...]
Obama reaps the whirlwind in Kyrgyzstan
The autocrat the U.S. supported in return for access to an air base used to supply troops in Afghanistan appears to have been overthrown. From NYT: The American attitude toward Mr. Bakiyev ruffled opposition politicians in Kyrgyzstan, who … [Read more...]
Gov. Patrick, Justice Stevens and November
Here is a quick question that I have not seen floated anywhere - Given the notion that Deval Patrick is on the "semi short list" to be nominated to the US Supreme Court when Justice Stevens retires, who is the Democratic Party's back-up … [Read more...]
The “Circle of Gold”
But when it first started up, lots of people were talking about it, including the students. And so I thought, "This is a teachable moment." I took one of my eighth grade classes and we spent one class period talking about the … [Read more...]
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