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Give the guy a break for having sex at age 15, and then doing it repeatedly
As a young man, in spite of his Methodist conscience, he had bouts of promiscuity.
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The Conspiracy that is not a Theory – What the Overwhelming Evidence Reveals
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: There is the court of law, an arm of the judicial branch of government that hears cases and administers justice based on statutes of common law, and then there is the court-of-public-opinion usually driven—right or wrong—by emotion without the kind of evidence that might lead to a conviction in a court…
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Who Funded Jeb’s “Foundation for Educational Excellence”?
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Jeb Bush created the “Foundation for Educational Excellence” with two goals in mind. First, to burnish his credentials as a “reformer.” Second, to serve as a vehicle for advocating vouchers, charters, online learning, and high-stakes accountability. Peter Greene writes that we now know who contributed large sums to Jeb’s FEE. We may safely assume…
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Fuel for thought — a few facts about the 4th of July and who votes in the United States
Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: After posting Will the Real 4th of July Please Stand Up on July fourth, this is my sequel. Smile, hopefully Big Brother is not watching you on camera yet. 35.5 Million: Number of People Traveling by Car to celebrate the 4th of July with family and friends. 150 Million: Number of Hot Dogs…
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My thoughts on this Fourth of July 2015
Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: While I’m an apple pie fan, my thoughts were not on fireworks or celebrating the 4th. My wife, who arrived in America in 1986 on a student visa from China and who is now a U.S. citizen, is the one who bought the flag that hangs outside our house. My job was to…
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Word counts and other distractions
Originally posted on Griffin Paul Jackson: I’ve wasted hours upon hours looking up word counts. Finally, I made a list. I want to share what I’ve found so that you won’t waste time looking yourself. Here are the numbers on highly-praised literary fiction, fantasy and science fiction. Now you won’t need to scour the web to find them again. Literary…
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Bombshell Report from Common Cause: Privatizers Flood New York Politicians with Cash
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Please read this report and send it to everyone who cares about the future of public education in the United States. Send it to your friends, your school board, your legislators, your editorial boards, and to anyone else who needs to know about the money that is committed to demolishing public schools and turning…
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The Hostile Corporate Takeover of Democracy
If Klein is right, the hostile takeover of America’s republic and democracy by the 1% will continue until most U.S. citizens have lost many of the freedoms they take for granted.
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What the FACTS Reveal about Teacher Retirement Programs—Part 1 of 6
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: View as Single Page Rolling Stone reported that all across American, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers. The legal theft of public pensions started in Road Island in 2011 as a test case. “In state after state, politicians are following the Rhode Island playbook, using scare tactics and lavishly…
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