Daily Archives: February 15, 2006

What He Said

John at Some Poor Schmuck posted a piece called “Fair Weather Patriots” yesterday that I think you should go take a read of. In the newspaper business the First Amendment “Freedom of the Press” is routinely trotted out when ever … Continue reading

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I found It!

I went through the archives and, while I couldn’t find the actual post about my co-worker Dan’s hunting accident that I wrote about yesterday, I was able to find the picture I took of his arm a week and a … Continue reading

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Lowering Standards

Alternative Title: Why Johnny still can’t read after billions of dollars. If you’ve been keeping up with the tales of the Washington Assesment of Student Learning (WASL) test ‘controversy’ (and if not, you can find my previous posts here), you … Continue reading

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Follow Up

In regards to my post yesterday about Washington State legislators attempts to pass Maryland like legislation to make Wal-Mart pay big bucks into the state’s coffers for healthcare, it seems that the worst is over. For now anyway. Chances for … Continue reading

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RNS Quote of the Day

The worst injustice has been done by popular misconception to Commodore Vanderbilt of the New York Central. He is always referred to as “an old pirate” or “a monster of Wall Street”, etc., and was always denounced for the alleged … Continue reading

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