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Stimulating thoughts
Now that the stimulus package has passed, a few thoughts: The speed of the conference-committee work was breathtaking. Years from now, apart from what happens with the economy and the rest of his presidency, political historians will remember the fact that President Obama achieved an unprecedented legislative victory less than 25 days after becoming president. […]
Upcoming documentary on secret human computers
Documentary filmmaker LeAnn Ericksen is in the middle of finishing “Top Secret Rosie,” about human computers in WW2 and the small group who then became among the earliest programmers. But you can view an 8-minute trailer now. Update: More (and better) from Doctor Pion.
Don’t panic about teen sex trends. Do panic about pundits and pols who cannot read newspapers
Despite thumbnail histories of cultural declension, it just isn’t the case that teenagers are uncontrollable cauldrons of hormones: teens are less likely to have sex than teens of the mid-90s. The alarming trend is a reversal of declining teen birth rates. Before the middle of the Bush era, teen birth rates had generally tracked adult […]
Ron Matus drinks the kool-aid
Aaaiiiieeee! One of the local, well-trusted education beat reporters for the St. Petersburg Times has bought into the bright students still bored criticism of NCLB. I’ve explained before why that’s an ugly argument against No Child Left Behind, as well as why it’s bad for what’s good about enrichment/advancement programs but I’ll repeat the gist: […]
“Cheese and applause”
For trivia buffs in the future, as Barack Obama came out of the Capitol building, greeted by wild applause, the closed captioning for the official streaming read “[CHEESE AND APPLAUSE].” Well, that’s nutritious…