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I'm going to teach; so fire me

<q> It would seem that the experts want to create a new master super-teacher type: teachers who all look alike, think alike, act alike, teach alike, plan alike and assess alike.

Sarah Palin, Paul Revere, and the (re)writing of American History

Once again the American right rides to the defense of Sarah Palin, this time in response to a gaffe she made on the campaign (?) trail in Boston, Massachusets.

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Story of the Day: Newt Apologizes To Paul Ryan, Begs Democrats Not To Use His Own Quotes In Ads

Today's story comes from TPMDC, not because they have any sort of exclusive on it, but because their headline best addresses the importance behind this story.

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soliliquous ambience

The thing about the soliliquous ambience of the situation is the knowledge that what I know is only a marginal part of what I WILL know soon. I will know that my situation is amorphous and that nothing I can realize at this moment will be my reality forthcoming.

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The GOP's Attitude Problem

Now that the GOP is taking over Congress the rising leadership is reaching out, as one might expect, to the businesses and industries they will be expected to regulate.

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Modern Whig Party

Remember the Whig Party? No? That is because you were not born in 1830, and also because you did not pay attention in history class. You are the reason America is lagging behind in everything important.

They Need You To Hate: The GOP and the Southernization of American Politics

The Tea Party and its boundless, mad-cap enthusiasm aside, the Republican Party faces a serious challenge this November.

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Virginia DUI Checkpoint stops 14,906 vehicles to nab 3 drunks and a goat.

Bedford County authorities stopped a total of 14,906 vehicles between 7:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on June 11. 82 of those turned into arrests or citations. Three of the 82 were DUIs, one was a drug bust and one was the aforementioned goat cruelty case.

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