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at Consortiumnews.com If this guy doesn’t demonstrate why people are going to “alternate” on-line sources for their news and news analysis, I don’t know who could. Here he rebuts conventional wisdom concerning last night’s debate, and–interesting to a kineticist like me–deconstructs telltale … Continue reading →

were the figures cited by David Carr in the Times courtesy the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press  “digital news has surpassed radio and newspapers and is quickly catching up to television. Social networks are soaring as … Continue reading →

Our endlessly appeasing and conciliatory—to the right wing, that is–President could very well still grand-bargain-ize the Democratic Party right off a cliff. Sam Stein reports for the Huffington Post, via commondreams.org

Bruce D. Baker and Sean P. Corcoran’s report for the Center for American Progress, “The Stealth Inequities of School Funding.” :  “The sad reality is that gross funding inequities continue to exist in this country, and too often the schools … Continue reading →

Via Truthout.com, David Swanson of Warisnotheanswer.com pays tribute to those somewhat-more halcyon days of old in the United States–I miss them too–when “strikes were not so rare, unions were not so threatened, taxes were not so heavily piled onto actual workers, … Continue reading →

that Rahm Emanuel received 12 MILLION in campaign contributions from charter-school advocacy groups.   I wonder how many “mainstream” news oulets have mentioned that fact? But Paul Street of Z Communications does via truthout.com.  It’s a great piece, extremely informative. He rightly decries “The … Continue reading →

One of the most beautiful days of the year.  And on an all-about-me high, I saw it pure and simple as a tribute to my birthday.

Sarah Jaffe at alternet.org calls out: “Five So-Called Liberal Pundits Who Are Attacking Teachers”   As we know from my earlier link to her takedown of Paul Ryan groupies among the news media, Jaffe’s really got it down to a science: … Continue reading →

From Reuters via the Huffington Post: “Privatizing Public Schools: Big Firms Eyeing Profits From U.S. K-12 Market” And Emanuel stands up gassing away about what’s good for the kids. He may have studied ballet, but brazen as it is, his … Continue reading →

Ben Joravsky of Chicago Reader (via Reader Supported News) supplies a lot sounder explanation for Rahm Emanuel’s savagery toward the Chicago Teachers Union than most of the editorials I’ve seen: “My theory is that he knew next to nothing about … Continue reading →