Among the “pro-surge” Republican there were plenty of silly comments, but the worst analogy has to go to Missouri Republican Todd Akin who compared the war in Iraq to the battle of the Alamo.
Picture Davy Crockett at the Alamo. He has his back to the wall. Santa Ana has got thousands of troops. So he [...]
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At the same time U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has been spinning and fabricating about the success of No Child Left Behind, her Department has been engaged in some disturbing intrusions into the lives of people who do contract work for them.
Spellings has been touting NCLB as a rip-roaring success in boosting academic [...]
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The Nation’s largest “for-profit” University, The University of Phoenix, is in trouble. The New York Times has an article today outlining the problems [...]
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It certainly isn’t the average working man or woman. This comprehensive study indicates that 34% of the available jobs in Idaho don’t pay a living wage for a single person. The number jumps to 80% for a single parent with two children. Meanwhile, the House Revenue and Taxation Committee rejected Gov. Otter’s plan for tax [...]
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