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• First Thoughts: Shades of Schiavo?

  Fri Feb 17, 2012
  • Absolutely mindboggling. Can't the Republican establishment slow the death spiral? Maybe they're too lame or too timid to speak out. The Party is dangerously close to becoming a non-factor in national politics.

• First Thoughts: How did Romney get here?

  Thu Feb 16, 2012
  • The Republican Party is dangerously close to becoming a non-factor in national politics.

• Schools prep for turmoil as sweeping layoffs loom

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • I'd like to know which programs are demonstrably ineffective.

• Schools prep for turmoil as sweeping layoffs loom

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • You raise a good question: Who is responsible for the US ranking so poorly in educational achievement? Is it the teachers? The administrators? The parents? Various studies have shown that one of the best predictors of student success is the number of books in the family home.

• Schools prep for turmoil as sweeping layoffs loom

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • Good point, especially if the budget cuts were spread so that all public services were affected equally.

• Schools prep for turmoil as sweeping layoffs loom

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • I'd be interested in knowing some of the social programs which have had little or no success.

• Schools prep for turmoil as sweeping layoffs loom

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • Seems to me there are more "have nots" than "haves" among the tea partiers.

• Schools prep for turmoil as sweeping layoffs loom

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • One of the great things about free speech is that it gives us the right to make fools of ourselves. The fact is: most of the monies from most state lotteries do flow to the schools.

• Schools prep for turmoil as sweeping layoffs loom

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • The blame for teacher layoffs lies with the affected localities and the public at large, not with the Federal government. School budgets are largely financed by local property taxes. Teacher layoffs are the direct result of local revenue shortfalls stemming from declining property tax asessments.

• NBC/WSJ poll: Voters deficit-worried but wary of cuts

  Wed Mar 2, 2011
  •  As Walt Kelly's immortal Pogo delared: WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY, AND HE IS US!