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My letter to Mark Amodei 18 Jun 2013 | 07:57 am
Dear Representative Amodei, I feel like I shouldn’t even bother writing this letter, because while you are technically my “representative” I don’t feel that you represent me, or most of the people in ...
We tried to tell you 6 Jun 2013 | 11:30 pm
Hey, anyone remember back in 2001, when a lot of us objected to the Patriot Act being ramrodded through Congress, and only ONE (1) senator (Russ Feingold) voted against it? And then again, when it cam...
A Teacher’s Life | Diane Ravitch’s blog 13 May 2013 | 05:53 pm
The difference between accountability in private industry and the way teachers are evaluated in our public schools, from a teacher who has been in both places: I was evaluated once per year in my prev...
Mother’s Day wasn’t meant to honor mothers, but to end war 12 May 2013 | 02:27 am
The original intent of Mother’s Day wasn’t about brunch, flowers, or Kay’s Jewelers. Note: I originally posted this in 2010. As our leaders rattle the sabers once more (Syria, North Korea), and the gl...
Violence & Silence: Jackson Katz, Ph.D at TEDxFiDiWomen 5 May 2013 | 01:58 am
See also: Ten Things Men Can Do to Prevent Gender Violence Filed under: Feminists and the men who love them, Women
From my inbox: Stop the FACT Act 3 May 2013 | 03:42 am
Knowing ALEC is behind this is why I am posting, word-for-word, an email I received today regarding the FACT Act. Hi Blue Lyon Blogger, My name is Susan Vento, and I am writing to you about a cause ve...
Krugman: The Story of Our Time 29 Apr 2013 | 06:06 pm
The Story of Our Time – NYTimes.com. Is the story really that simple, and would it really be that easy to end the scourge of unemployment? Yes — but powerful people don’t want to believe it. Some of t...
The Failure of Market-Based Reforms 23 Apr 2013 | 06:19 pm
The Failure of Market-Based Reforms. Filed under: Education
Why abstinence-only is winning: We are undone by our apathy 13 Apr 2013 | 07:58 pm
Reblogged from The Sin City Siren: Talk about AB230, the comprehensive sex education bill, was all over the TV yesterday! Even your humble Siren got in the mix as a guest, with my pal Annette Magnus, ...
My only question is, when are we going to march on Washington? 11 Apr 2013 | 03:54 am
Oh hell. Out of retirement already. I just have to post this. For all those “progressives” that think Barack Obama is playing some kind of 11-dimensional chess on Social Security, he’s not. He’s wante...
