2016 archive
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Without taking a stand on Hillary v. Bernie thing, I can nevertheless commend Jane Martin’s musing on double standards in political news coverage to your attention.
But Soft! What Light on Yon Diamond Breaks? 0
I understand that there was a sporting contest yesterday. I had no interest in it.
Nevertheless, there is hope.
Pitchers and catchers report next week.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is the glue that cements familial relationships.
A 9-year-old child has died after an accidental shooting Saturday in Irondale.
The shooting happened about 2:00 p.m. on Monroe Drive. Irondale Police Chief Ken Atkinson tells CBS 42 News the 3-year-old brother of the girl discovered a gun on a nightstand in the room the two were playing in. He accidently pulled the trigger, shooting his sister in the head. The two were at the home of their great-grandparents.
Chartering a Course of Disaster 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer autopsies a defunct charter school. A snippet:
And a whistle-blower suit contends a former Ed Plus administrator lost his job after he alleged wrongdoing, including failing to provide working computers for all students, using an untested curriculum developed by the CEO’s mother and spending resources on a secret learning center that was actually a homeschooling network that included the CEO’s children.
Read the whole thing, then ask yourself why anyone ever thought destroying public education so as to divert the funds to private concerns was a good idea. (The only answer I can see to that question is this: it diverted attention from true cause of problems in public education–the failure to adequately fund it in the first place.)
Potty Mouths 0
One more time, persons who complain loudly about “political correctness” demand license to be offensive without penalty.
All the News that Fits 0
Noz looks for the on-line version of a New York Times article he read in print and can’t quite find it.
The Smart One 0
You could almost feel sorry for him. On second thought, no–no more than he felt compassion for the Schiavos.
Creeping Crazy 0
Warning: Language.
Light Bloggery 0
Family matters.