Author: teacherken

I live in Virginia but teach in Maryland, so I don’t know that many educators who live in Virginia.  Thus I am seeking help.   I am supporting Jim Webb for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate against...

I offer for your consideration today a book which I read this week.  It is entitled, A War Against Truth:  An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq by Paul William Roberts, a Canadian who was reporting unimbedded...

crossposted at dailykos,myleftwing,boomantribune, and teacherken Toyota used to have  a slogan “You asked for it, you got it.”  Many in the progressive/liberal blogosphere have been demanding  that...

I have been unable to get to dailykos on either of two Macintosh computers using either Safari or Explorer.   I can   here using Explorer, but not Safari  –  the page will not fully load.  I am...

Crossposted at dailykos and myleftwing

Regular readers know the high regard in which I hold the op-ed pages of the Boston Globe, for both the quality and diversity of their offerings —  Ellen Goodman, Derrick jackson and Tom Oliphant on the liberal side, Jeff Jacoby clearly conservative, Cathy Young Libertarian, James Carroll impossible to classify.  And in the middle / mainstream Scott Lehigh and Joan Vennochi.  It is Vennochi whom I wish to bring to your attention today.   Her column  is entitled Knocking on Cheney’s Door and is well worth the read.

Let me offer a few snippets.