December 2005

Washington Post Piece on Jack Abramoff

December 29, 2005

The Washington Post has an interesting profile of Jack Abramoff this morning. While the article is a well-written piece that details Abramhoff’s background quite well, it seems a little short on criticism of how Abramhoff’s kind of lobbying has become increasingly prevalent in Washington. It also seems to do less than it should to connect [...]

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The Independent Record on Blogs

December 29, 2005

Maybe it’s not the best idea to attack personal blogs when the IR’s campaign to make itself relevant to younger readers seems to involve myspacing as much of the paper as possible.

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Finally

December 28, 2005

Finally, perhaps, some justice for the victims of General Pinochet. Now it’s time to get Kissinger. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Poor Analysis of No Child Left Behind in the Washington Post

December 28, 2005

“Gifted advocate” Susan Goodkin has an interesting, if flawed, criticism of No Child Left Behind in the Washington Post: that it damages the prospects of “our most capable children.” Essentially, Goodkin argues that NCLB forces districts and schools to become so obsessed with improving the scores of low-achieving students that they neglect students who are [...]

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Attention media outlets…

December 28, 2005

So, here is a story idea. It shocks me that nobody has picked up on this. Two stories: The IR announces, via their AP feed, that Northwest Energy has been approved in their request to increase gas prices 14%. The IR also reported here, although the link doesn’t work anymore (I read the IR via [...]

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School Funding and Communication, Part Two

December 28, 2005

Apparently the Billings Gazette disagrees with my assessment of the decision of the Billings School District to hire a professional PR person. In the editorial today, the Gazette argues: It’s obvious that Billings Public Schools need to communicate more effectively to raise awareness and build trust within the schools, with parents, grandparents, business people and [...]

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Budget politics

December 27, 2005

I am always amazed at those that complain about the federal deficit at the same time they are approving an incredibly expensive war and spending for special interests. It seems that this year’s budget is no exception. There is an interested read at the Christian Science Monitor about the final budget passed this year due [...]

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