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Kelly Wilz: An Open Letter to Those Who Hate Teachers

What follows is a blog by Kelly Wilz originally posted at Dissent and Cookies and reprinted here with her permission. When I graduated from college, I, like many graduates, had no clue what I wanted to do with my life. I was medically cleared to go to West Africa to…

Saturday Humor or Maybe Irony: On the Teaching Profession

Last Panel: little kid is a Republican…the janitor a Democrat. From Go Comics!

Another Take on Governor Walker and Those Union Thug NFL Referees!

From my friends at Thirdcoast Digest and their weekly winners and losers column. I imagine you can guess in which category I found this item: Gov. Scott Walker In the aftermath of “Goldengate” or “The Toucheception” or whatever its being called now, Gov. Scott Walker tweeted this, about the unionized,…

No Class Warfare?

The Nation and Madison’s own John Nichols, has a great column out about the republican presidential primary, their love for Scott Walker and hatred of unions. But nowhere is the disdain for organized labor more evident than on the Republican presidential campaign trail. Never in the modern history of the…

‘Nuff Said

Michigan Teachers to go to Jail for their Politics

A new law in Michigan targets union members with criminal prosecution if they use their public internet connections for any sort of political purpose. The penalties include prison sentences. Any other State of Michigan employee is evidently exempt from this provision. From Addicting Info: Republicans in Michigan are pushing legislation that…

Mark Neumann to Ride the Tea Party Horse

Mark Neumann has announced his candidacy to replace Herb Kohl as Senator from Wisconsin. Sure, we know Neumann is conservative, and that he posed as even more conservative than Scott Walker in the 2010 Republican Primary for Governor. But this time it appears Neumann, despite the statewide reaction to Walker’s…

Why Public Education is more important than Wall St.

But don’t tell Paul Ryan (R-Wall St.). This little gem from Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich: He should be Treasury Secretary!

There is a crisis!!!

As our very own Governor Scott Walker likes to say: “We’re Broke and Can’t Negotiate” and as the right wing likes to say we need to get people off welfare: People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty….