Just Words III

When Hillary Clinton criticized Obama during the primaries for having a campaign built on little more than speechifying, for a candidacy that is “about words” (often not his own) and little else,...

Canadian Politics: A New Federal Government Without An Election?

Come Tuesday December 9th, 2008, there might just be a new government in place without an election. There is something very odd going in on Canada this week, Canadian politics are exciting. Normally...

Harder vs. Smarter

Bloggers have been all over the Michelle Rhee story, lately. Mike Klonsky: Know-nothing writers like Amanda Ripley kill perfectly good trees to fill pages with crap like this: “The biggest...

The Educational Debate -- Tone Matters

I was going to write a long impassioned screed about the latest Time magazine article about Michelle Rhee. But then I saw that Dean Shareski already did, so I thought I'd first link to that. I'll...

Canadian Politics: A New Federal Government Without An Election?

Come Tuesday December 9th, 2008, there might just be a new government in place without an election. There is something very odd going in on Canada this week, Canadian politics are exciting. Normally...