Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel by Bill Lyne An Open Letter to Nick Hanauer Our friends over at Publicola have recently been hosting a rousing debate between big bucks Democrat Nick Hanauer and WEA President Mary Lindquist on teachers’ unions and K-12 schools. Here at the blog, we have a har[...]
Archive for February 27th, 2012
Phyllis Wise Oversees Troubled Faculty at University of IIlinois
From central Illinois’ News-Gazette: For the first time, some faculty at the University of Illinois are saying they have no confidence in President Michael Hogan and have called for his presidency to end. But a UI spokesman said Hogan has the “unwavering support” of UI trustees and[...]
Semper Fi
The dramatic snapshot has drawn over 14,000 likes, and has received over 3,000 comments, since being uploaded to Facebook’s Gay Marines group. Blogger Joe. My. God. quotes Brandon Morgan, the Marine in the photo, as saying: To everyone who has responded in a positive way. My partner and I want[...]
Defunding Foreign Languages
The Modern Language Association has issued a letter calling upon its members to protest the cuts to education, especially languages and the humanities, that are written into the new federal budget. READMORE or go to this site to express your opinion to Congress.[...]