Teacher Pay

I have written before about the need to INCREASE teacher pay, not cut it. This weekend’s NY Times published an op-ed saying the same thing. We have a rare chance now, with many teachers near retirement, to prove we’re serious about education. The first step is to make the teaching…

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President Obama has some fun at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

On Saturday night President Barack Obama spoke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and he pulled no punches in having a few laughs at the expense of folks like Rep. Paul Ryan, Rep. Michele Bachmann, and Donald Trump, among others. The hilarity really starts at about the 7:42 mark (at…

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When Donald Trump didn’t need proof

Radley Balko of Reason notes a time when Donald Trump didn’t need proof, in reference to Donald Trump taking out a full page ad in four New York City newspapers in 1989 calling for the execution of five juveniles who were alleged to have raped and beaten a woman nearly…

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A chilling video highlighting Ayn Rand and her conservative “offspring”

Here’s a short three-minute video highlighting the hyper-individualism of Ayn Rand and the modern conservatives who revere her – folks like Rep. Paul Ryan, Alan Greenspan, Sen. Rand Paul, Rep. Ron Paul, Sean Hannity,Rush Limbaugh, etc., etc.. H/T to Steve Carlson and Sierra Voices.

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