Archive for September, 2007
Should ‘No Child Left Behind’ continue as law of the land?
President Bush called today for renewal of his “No Child Left Behind” federal education law.As a writer and a former teacher, I’m all in favor of education, literacy, and all those other good things associated with an intelligent culture. But every time I read or hear anything about this particular federal law, I cringe just a little bit.
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Would ‘CITO’ work in the war against terrorism? John Edwards thinks so
Democratic Presidential Candidate John Edwards announced a plan for an international organization which would pool resources and information in the worldwide war on terrorism. He’s calling it the “Counterterrorism and Intelligence Treaty Organization” or CITO.Read more on Would ‘CITO’ work in the war against terrorism? John Edwards thinks so…
Nuclear transport issue is one most of us choose to ignore
When I was a kid, I used to try really hard not to think about some of the science stuff I’d see or read about — things like a wayward asteroid hitting the earth, that day in the far, far future when the sun goes nova and incinerates the earth, and the reality that I lived fairly near Omaha, Nebraska, a prime nuclear target during the Cold War.Read more on Nuclear transport issue is one most of us choose to ignore…