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“Value-Added” Assessment: Tool for Improvement or Educational “Nuclear Option”?
Diane [Ravitch] says, Let's return to the old public school system, he [Chester Finn of the Hoover Institution and the Fordham Foundation] said. “I say, let's blow it up.” …
Drone Attacks Surge in Afghanistan; 70 Strikes Launched This Year
The latest US drone attack killed 14 suspected militants in Pakistan, bringing the number of people killed by drones in September alone to 75 as the US targets the …
Andrew Weil: Medical Marijuana’s Tremendous Potential for Curing Ailments
If an American doctor of the late 19th century stepped into a time warp and emerged in 2010, he would be shocked by the multitude of pharmaceuticals that today's …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Strange Death of Moderate Republicanism
On the eve of the primary that would end his electoral career, Rep. Mike Castle was in a reflective mood. He seemed calm and confident, yet almost everything he …
Fruit Flies in a Bottle
“Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings.” - William Shakespeare, Julius …
John Grant | Afghanistan’s Corruption Conundrum
Corruption is more and more being built up as our greatest problem in Afghanistan. It’s all over the newspapers and the TV. At the epi-center of this corruption, the …
Zach Carter | What’s the Hold-Up on Elizabeth Warren?
Nobody seriously disputes whether Elizabeth Warren is the best-qualified candidate to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Everybody recognizes the bipartisan political appeal that Warren has with voters, and …
Tea Party Outsiders Defeat Moderate Republicans in Primaries
American voters watched closely on Tuesday as Republican dissidents and Tea Party-backed candidates Christine O'Donnell and Carl Paladino took victories in the last major round of primary runoffs. O'Donnell's …
Escaping Tolerance
Gentlemen, start your defibrillators. To baby boomers like me, it gives the heart a bit of jolt to realize that 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the presidential campaign …
Election Day Problems Reported in NYC, Statewide on NY’s New E-Voting Systems
Mayor declares “royal mess” on city's ES&S machines; Probs elsewhere on systems made by Dominion/Sequoia. Election officials, advocates had long warned, were ignored...