A Morrow for this Generation

Bush and his cronies Rove, Cheney and Rumsfield are on the campaign trail. Of course, the new claim that we face ” a new kind of fascism” is absurdly inaccurate on many levels, but probably played well at one of Rove’s focus groups. Rumsfield Monday and Bush today have chosen to speak at the last [...]

Update on the Map Flap

The flap about Eric Hamlin, the Colorado World Geography Teacher who was placed on administrative leave when his Principal demanded he take down flags of China, Mexico and the United Nations, has now progressed through the predicable (but depressing) stages that result in a good teacher leaving the classroom. Read my previous post, or this [...]

Teacher Showing National Flags Placed on Administrative Leave in Denver

Denver World Geography teacher, Eric Hamlin (Denver Post/John Leyba)
This story from the Denver Post is one more outrageous example of why excellent teachers are leaving the classroom.
A seventh-grade geography teacher who refused to remove Chinese, Mexican and United Nations flags from his classroom was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday by Jefferson County officials who [...]

Boise Taxpayers and Cheney’s Visit

It wasn’t just the Republican faithful who shelled out money when Cheney made his brief stop in Boise. According to an article [...]

Mayor Bieter signs Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement

Last Wednesday, Boise Mayor Dave Bieter joined 279 other mayors throughout the nation in signing the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. The agreement resulted from Seattle Mayor Gregory Nickels’ 2005 challenge to mayors across the country to join Seattle in taking local action to reduce pollution that contributes to global warming.
The goals that Bieter has [...]

Republicans Desert the Idiot Ship

Republican rats seem to be deserting the “Idiot” ship lately. Former Republican Congressman and conservative talk show host [...]

Federal Judge Orders Halt to NSA Wiretaps

According to a news release this morning from Reuters News Agency:

A federal judge in Detroit on Thursday ordered the [...]

Crying Wolf

Truthdig.com has a couple of excellent articles exposing the blatant way in which the Bush [...]

Listening but not Hearing

This week at the National Governors Association Annual Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina the final session focused on education, [...]

Idaho College Presidents are Critical of Risch’s Tax Plan

Although the Presidents of Idaho’s six institutions of Higher Education didn’t officially reject Risch’s plan to cut property taxes, [...]