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I've Been Nominated for Education Blogger of the Year---Thank You Huffington Post!

Dan Brown | Posted May 13, 2008 | Media

Read More: Blogging, Ed In '08, Ed In 08 Blogger Summit, Education, Nclb, No Child Left Behind, Public Schools

I started writing for the Huffington Post in March of last year, in advance of the release of my rookie-teacher-in-the-Bronx memoir, The Great Expectations School. Since then it's been my great pleasure to help to stir the pot about issues affecting students, teachers, and families in America. And hey, now...

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Rebranding Republicans

Robert L. Borosage | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Election 2008, Republicans

"We're going to give you the change you deserve"
House Minority Leader John Boehner

That's not a threat; it's a promise -- from the Republican congressional leaders. Really. Led by perpetually tanned House leader John Boehner, Republicans have suddenly discovered that the country wants change - and they have...

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McCain's Murderers Row

Cliff Schecter | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Money Watch, Charlie Black, Cliff Schecter, Cliff Schecter Mccain, David Donnelly, John McCain, Peter Madigan, The Real Mccain, Tom Loeffler

A new website (firethelobbyists.com) has been created by the pro-campaign finance reform organization Campaign Money Watch, to convince Senator McCain to fire three lobbyists in the top levels of his organization that have lobbied for ruthless dictators. You may recall that over the past two days, two...

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Millennials: Downtrodden or Just Dumb?

Anya Kamenetz | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Conservative, Generation, Politics, Progressive

Bob Herbert in the NYT today:

"The landscape is changing before our eyes. Younger voters struggling with the enormous costs of a college education, or trying to raise families in a bleak employment environment, or using their credit cards to cover everyday expenses like food or energy costs...

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Myanmar (and China) Need the Odd Couple

Carol Felsenthal | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Bush, Bill Clinton, China, Earthquake, George H.W. Bush, Myanmar, The Odd Couple, Tsunami

When the tsunami hit parts of Asia and Africa in December 2004, President George W. Bush asked his predecessors, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, to travel to the stricken region and bring relief and hope to the victims.

The tsunami, a giant tidal wave in the Indian Ocean,...

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The Waking Beast

Faridoon David Baqi | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Clinton, Obama, Polygamy, Pope, Volcano

It was in the middle of rush hour traffic in Los Angeles today that I had an insight. I saw a guy signal in the right lane and I saw a guy in the left lane slow down to let the other guy in. I was floored. Discombobulated. I had...

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Have A Great Day! (18 Veterans Will Kill Themselves Today)

James Boyce | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Iraq, Newsladder, Ptsd, Veterans. Veterans For America

It's Tuesday May 13, 2008 and on this day in history, The Beatles debuted the movie Let It Be in 1970 and back in 1943 German and Italian forces surrendered in Africa but that's nothing compared to what we have for you today.

Right now, it's 7:30 am here in...

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Hillary's Desperation

Gerald Bracey | Posted May 13, 2008 |

Read More: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Racism, Southern Strategy

I sent what follows to the columnists of the Washington Post--Richard Cohen, Harold Meyerson, David Broder, E. J. Dionne, David Ignatius, Eugene Robinson, and Colbert King, George Will, Anne Applebaum and Ruth Marcus (no use fiddling with Gerson and Novak), editorial page editor, Fred Hiatt, and the Post Ombudsman on...

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White House Rocks: Superdelegates!

Agit Pop | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: 236.Com, Election 2008, Superedelegates, White House Rocks

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Dear Madonna

MacDonald Chuma | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Africa, Aids, Madonna, Malawi, Malawi Workers

Dear Madonna,

We are truly grateful for the attention that you have brought to our country. Through your personal life and care for your son David, your fundraising, and now with your new documentary film, I Am Because We Are, which examines the AIDS crisis in Malawi and the effect...

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Does Success Breed Failure? The Rule of Government Neglect

Jeff Madrick | Posted May 13, 2008 | Business

Read More: Barney Frank, Campaign Issue, Defaults, Financial Regulation, Foreclosrues, House Prices

I keep beating this horse, but the current economic situation continues to need serious government attention. Increasingly, we are told the worst is over. If that's true, thank fiscal policy and the alert and intelligent Ben Bernanke for acting quickly.

But the worst may not be over. House prices...

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Rita Rudner | Posted May 13, 2008 | Media

Read More: 236.Com, Bill Gates, Cnn, Fox News, Jennifer Lopez, Lesley Stahl, Msnbc, Rita Rudner, Rita Rudner Book, Rita Rudner Book Excerpt, Tony Danza

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McCain and the Courts

Dylan Loewe | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Last Tuesday John McCain gave a public address about the kind of Supreme Court justices he would nominate if elected. The speech, given in North Carolina, was a failed attempt to grab at least a few headlines while all eyes were turned to the all important May 6th primaries. But...

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What the Hell Is a Minka Kelly?

Larry Amoros | Posted May 13, 2008 | Entertainment

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Opinion: "A Belief Or Judgment That Rests On Grounds Insufficient To Produce Complete Certainty"

Norman Horowitz | Posted May 13, 2008 |

Opinion: "A Belief Or Judgment That Rests On Grounds Insufficient To Produce Complete Certainty"

This is my opinion.

My father departed this earth over 50 years ago. In retrospect, he is a lot smarter now then he ever was when he was alive. It remains incredible that children like me...

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Jimmy Fallon Announces His Move to Late Night

Chris Mata | Posted May 13, 2008 | Entertainment

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Inspector Clouseau Squared

William Fisher | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Appointments, Office Of Special Counsel, Scott Bloch, White House

In one of the more ironic episodes of the Bush Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation last week raided the office and home of the senior official in charge of protecting Federal whistleblowers on suspicion of whistleblower retaliation within his own agency - while he was investigating possible criminal acts...

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Poll: States, Not Feds, Should Take Lead on Health Care

David Sirota | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care

There has been a long running debate among progressives about what arena is the best to push health care reform. Should the solution come from states or from the federal government? Some in Washington, D.C. have said that states should simply wait for the Wise Elders of the Beltway...

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Revisiting Ground Zero: Remembering a Lost Friend -- and the Missing Iraqi Hijackers

Greg Mitchell | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Hijackers, Iraq, Iraq War, Polls, Saddam, September 11, War, Warwire

Last week, I took the subway down to the vicinity of the old World Trade Center site for the first time in a couple of years for an interview about my new book. This took place in a building directly across the highway from Ground Zero. It's always shocking to...

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McCain Still Failing To Close With GOP Voters

Peter Dreier | Posted May 13, 2008 | Off The Bus

"McCain Can't Close the Deal." If the mainstream media were truly being evenhanded, that's the headline that would appear in newspapers and news magazines around the country. Why? Because even after he became the presumptive Republican presidential candidate on March 4 -- when Ohio, Texas, Vermont, and Rhode Island held...

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