Monthly Archives: December 2007

A recent Washington Post editorial “Mr. Giuliani and the Tax Fairy,” ridicules Rudolph Giuliani’s often repeated claim that tax cuts actually produce an overall increase of reveune to the government. The editorial quotes Giuliani as saying, “I KNOW THAT reducing … Continue reading →

Interesting article in the Washington Post says that more blogs are written Japanese than are written in English. The article says, “The Japanese have gone blog wild.” Excerpts from the article: In the past three years, Japanese has been running … Continue reading →

It seems clear that some of Huckabee’s ideas do not withstand scrutiny and it seems obvious that some his ideas, if brought to light, would simply be rejected as implausible by a majority of voters. Realclearpolitics, which averages a number … Continue reading →

U.S. News and World Report has ranked U.S. high schools. Three Dayton area high schools — Bellbrook, Centerville, and Oakwood — received the ranking of “silver,” the second highest ranking. No local high schools received ranking of “gold,” U.S. News’ … Continue reading →

Interesting article in Sunday’s New York Times entitled, “Lots of Little Screens: TV Is Changing Shape,” tells about new TV and video production companies that are forming to take advantage of a growing demand for video on the internet. The … Continue reading →

Noted education expert, Linda Darling-Hammond, in an interesting blog at The Forum for Education and Democracy, says, “We need to encourage our schools to teach and evaluate the higher-order thinking and performance skills that leading nations emphasize in their systems, … Continue reading →