Category Archives: Opinion

The time of a school board election is a time for a local community to evaluate their system of local public education. Two years ago, I heard a board candidate comment on the fact that his district had just received … Continue reading →

In on-going commentary, Dan and Duane have identified themselves as “New Earth” creationists, who believe the earth is 6000 old.  I called this view an anti-science, astonishing, view to hold in 2009.  Eric asks, “Do Dan and Duane’s kids need … Continue reading →

The Dayton Daily News today weighed in on the big penalty given to Kettering Schools by Ohio’s Department of Education (ODE) in the latest State Report Card.  The spirit and substance of the DDN editorial is captured in its title, … Continue reading →

Paul Krugman, in a NYT article, “Obama’s Trust Problem,” says the furious reaction of progressives to Obama’s compromise on a public option in health care reform might mean that Obama is in real trouble with his own base. Krugman says … Continue reading →

Depressing to read this assessment at Huffington Post written by Michael Bremer: “Obama has blown health care reform, big time. The opportunity of a lifetime has been squandered. …Serious health care reform is gone with the wind. It cannot be … Continue reading →

Interesting article in Salon by Joan Walsh, “Throw Grassley From The Train,” says that recent comments by Iowa’s Republican Senator Chuck Grassley proves that a bipartisan approach to health care reform is impossible. Walsh says that Grassley’s trash talk about … Continue reading →