Overinterpreting the DC arbitrator’s ruling
Andy Rotherham comments on the 2008 DC teacher firings' arbitration decision, and I think that in a way like those who opposed Rhee cheering the ruling, Rotherham overinterprets it as well. Essentially, the arbitrator ruled that the DC Public Schools violated the collective bargaining agreement and the rights of probationary teachers by not presenting teachers with […]
Egypt, interrupted
I have very few words tonight for how things are going in Egypt. From the reports available in the U.S., the hundreds of thousands of protesters have resisted Mubarak's thugs and the temptation to lash out in society-wide violence… thus far. Reporters said the rumors that Mubarak would step down tonight had sustained a jubilant […]
“This is confidential DISinformation.” “Ah, that’s different.”
"Discussions by three senators about the budget would appear to fall within this rule and, as such should have been open," Jim Rhea said. St. Pete Times political blog The Buzz, Did top three Senate Republicans violate their own open meeting rule?. So Florida Governor Rick Scott discussed his budget proposal last night with three […]
Replication study undermines L.A. Times’ value-added reporting
The gentleman from the Los Angeles Times sounded more like a press secretary for a politician rather than a member of the press corps. He put a spin on everything the research methodologist from Boulder found, and even put a spin on a caller's comment. The Times needs to get back to the business of […]
A few million viruses love me today
By Sherman Dorn on February 14, 2011
Third day of nasty head cold. My spouse is being wonderful to me, but this definitely isn't a very romantic environment I'm creating: HOOOOONNNNK!!! I'm not sure if I sound like a parasaurolophus or another hadrosaur, but I don't recommend it as courting behavior for other humans, and probably for no primates. Regular blogging will resume […]
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