Author: teacherken

If you would really like to bliss out listening to gorgeous music, I have just told you about one of the most amazing CDs to which I have ever listened.  Ennio Morricone has written some of the most amazing and hauntingly...

No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the reauthorization of the the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is wreaking havoc on our nation’s schools.  Regardless of the good intentions of some (George Miller and Ted Kennedy...

is the title of a Tom Oliphant op ed on John Roberts in today’s Boston Globe.  Here’s the beginning: PRESIDENT BUSH’S minions are telling their most conservative supporters that federal appeals court judge...

s the title of a piece by James of Ridgeway in this week’s Village Voice.  The opening paragraph reads From the time he was 10 years old, Karl Rove, Bush’s closest and most important political adviser, has made...

(cross-posted at myleftwing, dailykos, and teacherken.blogspot.com) No, these will not be mine.  Instead I propose to offer you the thoughts of others.  There will be three selections offered today, two of which are...