Month: August 2005

America’s (and Canada’s?) Coming Water War

For all the talk about oil as America’s most vital commodity, the fact is that there is one commodity that is far more valuable, one that people get far more hot and bothered over, and one which can’t be piped in...

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Today’s Topical Limericks

Dub said, “I grieve your son lost in Iraq, But I really can’t call `em all back… I’ve thought long and hard, It’s kinda like playin’ cards, We gotta bluff that twenty-two for...

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Not what you might expect?

Friends: I received the message below the jump from George Schmidt, a fellow educational activist based in  Chicago, on the Assessment Reform network listserv yesterday.  When I read it, I knew it deserved broader...

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Is The GOP Trying to Divide Kos?

First: This is not a Pie War sequel.  And I would crosspost to Kos but do not wish to start a “Volleyball” war.  Also, I am not attacking anyone. BUT, does anyone else think that maybe those ads are planted...

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