A Victory for Net Neutrality

As I mentioned yesterday, Democratic victories in the mid-term elections could pave the way to insuring that the fight for Net Neutrality continues. Josh Silver, at Huffington Post, announced today that AT&T has agreed to adhere to Net Neutrality as part of the proposed merger with BellSouth and that the two Democrats on the FCC, [...]

The Next Round for Net Neutrality

The Republican controlled 109th Congress has come to an end. With it has come an end to the first attempt by corporations like AT&T, Verizon, BellSouth and Comcast to gut Net Neutrality. who spent more than $150 million lobbying Congress to gut Net Neutrality. The fate of Net Neutrality has now been passed to what [...]

Luna Tunes

We are starting to hear some more voices raised against Tom Luna, the ill-equipped and inexperienced Idaho Superintendent of Schools. Joe Vandal, at IdahoFallz, says that Luna must “Directly Answer Allegations or Face Consequences.” He rebuts Bill Hansen’s assertion that Luna is a “man of integrity” by showing evidence from the 2004 United States Government [...]

Who’s Been Naughty of Nice?

The Center for American Progress has a great list of who’s been naughty and nice in 2006.
NAUGHTY: Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA), for attacking incoming Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim elected to Congress.
NICE: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), for still wanting to be friends with Rep. Virgil Goode.
NAUGHTY: The 109th Congress, for doing nothing.
NICE: The [...]

Morton’s Fork

In an interview with the Washington Post, a befuddled President Bush claimed “we’re not winning and we’re not losing in Iraq.” Politicians and pundits from all shades of the political spectrum have offered “solutions” to the situation in Iraq. Bush’s latest strategy is to appear to be listening to and consulting with err… “other folks…” [...]

Tough Review of Tough Choices

There is a report just released by the “New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce.” Titled “Tough Choices for Tough Times,” it calls for a radical restructuring of American Public Education based on the premise that the current system has “failed” because it does not prepare American students to compete in the global [...]

Luna-cy

The purge at the Idaho State Department of Education has begun. The incoming superintendent, Tom Luna, [...]

Top 10 Protest Videos for 2006

As 2006 comes to a close, everyone has their “top ten” something for the year. This year, as I watched the tragedy in Iraq continue to unfold, I took some solace in the fact that musicians were beginning to speak out with enough frequency that it was possible to talk about “protest music” in a [...]

The New Way Forward

It now appears that the decider has decided. According to a number of sources, President Bush’s “new way forward” centers on a [...]

The Decider Decides Not To Decide

President Bush, who rushed us into war in Iraq, has now become patient and thoughtful. Things are going so well in Iraq that he is [...]