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Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Teresa Hanafin writes the daily Fast Forward for the Boston Globe. ? As he did with the Vietnam War, Trump has decided to sit out the House impeachment inquiry, using what constitutional experts say are bone spurs spurious arguments to claim that Democratic House leaders are conducting an…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:   James Hohmann of the Washington Post yesterday  described Trump’s defense when his hand was caught in cookie jar in broad daylight: The president is running the smashmouth playbook he learned from Roy Cohn, his mentor and Joe McCarthy’s hatchet man. It’s worked repeatedly for Trump, from fighting…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? George Conway III and Neal Catyal are lawyers. Conway is married to Kellyanne Conway; Catyal is a former Acting Solicitor General of the United States. This article appeared in the Washington Post.  Among the most delicate choices the framers made in drafting the Constitution was how to…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Jack Hassard Taught science education for many years. He used to write a blog called “The Art of Teaching Science,” but became so upset about current events that he renamed his blog “Jack Hassard’s Blog.” In this post, he excoriates Trump’s war on science. He begins: Science was…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:   My friend Bernadette Hoban was attending a business meeting at 120  Broadway, near the World Trade Center, when the first plane hit the first building. She worked for a large insurance company. She never told the full story of what happened that day. Until yesterday when she…

Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Mental Health America says, “Writing down your thoughts can be a great way to work through issues. Researchers have found that writing about painful events can reduce stress and improve health.” That is why I belong to two groups of combat vets that meet each week for…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? This article by Senator Bernie Sanders appeared in the New York Times. ? My father came to this country from Poland at the age of 17 with barely a nickel in his pocket. I spent my first 18 years, before I left home for college, in a…