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Charter Schools and The Profit Motive
By Elaine Magliaro NOTE: I originally posted this article about charter schools and their backers at Res Ipsa Loquitor on March 16, 2013. I think it bears re-posting at Flowers for Socrates. In a 2010 New York Times article titled … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education Policy, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Charter Schools, Hedge Fund Managers
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Who the F*ck is Dan Loeb and How Is He Connected to Teacher Pensions and School Reformers?
By Elaine Magliaro I have focused much of my time lately doing research on anti-teacher/anti-tenure school reformers—including Campbell Brown, David Boies, and Michelle Rhee. In my post about school reformer/star lawyer David Boies, I noted how certain names kept “popping … Continue reading
A Sunday Morning Video: Mark Fiore’s “Rick Perry’s Operation Strong Candidate”
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Immigrants, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged Immigrants, Mark Fiore, National Guard, Rick Perry, Texas
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First Life
By James Knauer This is the first of a three-part series dealing with life, its constituency, and some prophesy regarding its future here on Earth. It’s worth checking in on abiogenesis, the self-assembly of life from nonliving matter. Life thrives … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Biology, Countries, Geology, Government, Health Care, Medical Technology, Science, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Abiogenesis, Evolution, Government, Public Heath, stem cells
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Is Campbell Brown the New Michelle Rhee of School Reform?
By Elaine Magliaro News broke yesterday that Michelle Rhee, founder of the anti-teacher group StudentsFirst and former chancellor of schools in Washington, D.C., is planning to step down as CEO of StudentsFirst. Joy Resmovits (Huffinton Post) said that as local … Continue reading
Why Are Campbell Brown, David Boies, Robert Gibbs, Hedge Fund Managers, and Other Wealthy Elites Going after Public School Teachers and Their Right to Due Process? Part II: David Boies, Star Lawyer and School Reformer
By Elaine Magliaro In Part I, I focused on Campbell Brown. Why Are Campbell Brown, David Boies, Robert Gibbs, Hedge Fund Managers, and Other Wealthy Elites Going after Public School Teachers and Their Right to Due Process?, PART I In Part … Continue reading
“SCROTUS”: A Song by Roy Zimmerman
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro I want to thank OroLee for posting the following Roy Zimmerman video in the comments on my column titled Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Sues Tampa Family Health Centers for Not Hiring Her after She Said She Wouldn’t Prescribe … Continue reading
Why Are Campbell Brown, David Boies, Robert Gibbs, Hedge Fund Managers, and Other Wealthy Elites Going after Public School Teachers and Their Right to Due Process?, PART I
By Elaine Magliaro Who the F*ck Is Campbell Brown and What Has She Been Up to Lately? Earlier this week, Charles Pierce posed a question in a post he wrote for his Politics Blog at Esquire: To paraphrase from my … Continue reading
US Spy Agency Tipped Off the Associated Press to Another Media Outlet’s News Scoop
By Elaine Magliaro Here’s an interesting story for you: Yesterday, Ryan Gimm of The Huffington Post reported that the Associated Press “dropped a significant scoop on Tuesday afternoon, reporting that in the last several years the U.S. government’s terrorism watch … Continue reading
The Thirteenth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Two “Open Carry” Advocates in Michigan Publish a Pro-Gun Book for Young Children
By Elaine Magliaro Brian Jeffs and Nathan Nephew are the two co-founders of Michigan Open Carry. They are also the authors of a new children’s book titled My Parents Open Carry, which tells the tale of a young girl and … Continue reading
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