I highly recommend my colleague Matthew Duss‘ profile of “Giuliani’s War Cabinet.” The presence of Daniel Pipes on Rudy‘s team speaks not only to Giuliani’s ignorant bellicosity on terrorism and the Middle East, but also to another of his longtime traits: A profound distrust of free speech and intellectualism. Pipes’ Campus Watch stands alongside David […]
Dana Goldstein
Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.
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WHITE-SUPREMACIST GROUPS ACTIVE IN JENA.
In the wake of the civil rights protests in Jena, Louisiana, white supremacists groups have “flooded” the town, according to the Chicago Tribune‘s Howard Witt. In an interview with the leader of a Mississippi white-supremacist group, Jena’s mayor praised counterdemonstrations organized by “pro-white” organizations, calling them “moral support.” And former Ku Klux Klan leader David […]
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DROITS DE L’HOMME?
DROITS DE L’HOMME? I like how Nicolas Sarkozy talks about climate change, too, Ezra. And I know he’s cute. But let’s not get all starry-eyed. Over in France, Sarko has enraged the left by announcing that 25,000 immigrants will be deported this year, many to Africa. Employing his typical, borderline-nativist rhetoric, Sarkozy said France needs […]
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EDWARDS ON AIDS.
EDWARDS ON AIDS. Proving once again that there’s no grassroots progressive interest group John Edwards can’t woo, he became today the first presidential candidate to respond to 100 HIV/AIDS advocacy organizations who have sounded “A Call to Action” for a “National AIDS Strategy.” His proposal is here, and although parts of it are, of course, […]
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NEW MONIKER FOR NCLB?
NEW MONIKER FOR NCLB? Under its new, yet-to-be fully unveiled rendition, No Child Left Behind may be re-christened, the Washington Post reports. Vote for your favorite proposed alternative in comments, or suggest something new! The Quality Education for All Children Act Children First! New Partnerships for Student Achievement Educating Americans for Today’s World The Lifelong […]
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IN DEFENSE OF BOB HERBERT.
IN DEFENSE OF BOB HERBERT. I’ve been an afficionado of the New York Times op-ed page since about the age of 12, when it was the only section of the newspaper I read daily. I grew up with Gail, Maureen, William, and Nick, so I really can’t help but chime in to defend my old […]
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NO REWARD FOR BEAUTY.
NO REWARD FOR BEAUTY. I’m sure many of you have seen the cringe-inducing video of Miss Teen South Carolina struggling during the Teen USA pageant to answer the question, “Why can’t Americans locate their nation on a map?” Despite long-standing evidence that beauty contests are just that — not serious intellectual competitions — many parents […]
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CAN URBAN SCHOOLS BE “TAMED?”
CAN URBAN SCHOOLS BE “TAMED?” Today the New York Times hails the new superintendent of the New Orleans Recovery School District, Paul G. Vallas. He has some good, basic ideas about what high poverty kids need from their schools; namely, what they aren’t getting at home. That includes three square meals a day, eye and […]
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HILLARY TO EARN TEACHERS’ ENDORSEMENT?
HILLARY TO EARN TEACHERS’ ENDORSEMENT? According to Alexander Russo at This Week in Education, Clinton and her staff were seen at the National Education Association building for a meeting. “She’s got the NEA endorsement all but wrapped up, it would seem,” he writes. I wonder how hard John Edwards lobbied for this one. He’s certainly […]
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DON’T FORGET NORTHERN HATE.
DON’T FORGET NORTHERN HATE. Via Keith Boykin: LGBTQ advocacy groups in New Jersey have asked Newark Mayor Corey Booker and the U.S. attorney general for the state to consider investigating the execution-style shootings of four Newark college students as a homophobic hate crime. You remember the case: On August 4, robbers supposedly randomly approached the […]
