Month: November 2007

People aren’t all that keen on impeaching Cheney. Only 51% of Democrats want that right now. Wanna laugh? Ask Hillary Clinton if she is a liberal. Here’s what you’ll get: “I prefer the word ‘progressive,’” she...

Due to my belief in the value of education and my concern that we are at a defining moment in American educational history, particularly for minority students I wanted to do a follow-up to my recent essay, “The Students...

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.  – Thomas Carlyle

Alaska is strange. They make so much money off oil and gas that they don’t need a state income tax. Instead, every citizen gets an annual stipend: this year it’s $1,654. Meanwhile, the rest of the state’s...