“A Class Act”: Let’s Hope Our Next First Lady Is As Exemplary As Michelle Obama
Something happened last week that was political, gratuitous and embarrassing for our country — and it actually can’t be blamed on the sequester. Out of nowhere, the first lady of the United States...
View Article“Rotten To The Core”: The Race To Implement Or Kill Common Core Standards
I’ve argued off and on for a while that the steady and accelerating abandonment of standards-and-assessments-based education reform on the Right is one of the most under-reported stories of the year....
View Article“In Defense Of ‘Uppity-ism'”: Michelle Obama, “Rise Above The Noise”; All...
It became clear during the 2008 presidential campaign that America was going to have some real trouble handling the prospect of a black president of the United States and a black first lady. Despite...
View Article“Conservative Voters Are Going To Get Mighty Picky”: Marco Rubio’s Problem...
Conservatives have risen up in defense of Marco Rubio over two mini-scandals that appear to call his character into question. That’s a good sign for Rubio’s chances in the GOP primary. These little...
View Article“Wingnuts’ Confederate Flag Crisis”: Why They Can’t Admit Who’s Really...
Even before eBay followed Walmart, Sears and Amazon’s lead by banning “rebel-flagged” items from its giant virtual yard sale, I realized that what I was watching was not a typical consumer revolt. The...
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