War crimes and atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan,more merit-pay SB6 follies, Huckabee’s homophobia, monument mania, and more.
All Else
Best of the Rest: April 13, 2010
More pressure on Crist over Senate Bill 6,an autistic child goes missing, school lunches slim down,poverty in America, pedophile priests, and more.
Best of the Rest: April 12, 2010
Crist takes Florida’s pulse on teacher bill, spills and drilling in the Gulf, GOP scandals, Gandhi’s sex life, and more.
James Baldwin: A Talk to Teachers
James Baldwin’s “A Talk to Teachers” from 1963 is an apt counterpoint to Florida lawmakers’ attempt, in 2010, to demolish public school teachers and replace the profession with Darwinian hostility.
Best of the Rest: April 9-11, 2010
Merit-pay follies in Florida, feral cats in San Francisco’s CSI lab, another V-22 Osprey crash kills US troops, and the problem with Dr. Oz.
Teacher pay
Best of the Rest: April 8, 2010
Freaks and furies over merit-pay bill, states against health care reform, Casey Anthony’s letters, painting organsms at UF, and more.
Best of the Rest: April 7, 2010
Florida’s war on teachers, gambling with Indians, remembering civics education, Obama’s supreme court odysseys, and more.
McCain Claims He’s No Maverick
John McCain is repudiating the branding he brandished for years on every campaign trail he doddered through.
Best of the Rest: April 6, 2010
A coal mine disaster in West Virginia, Elian Gonzalez at 16, end of jobless benefits, the Taliban’s desperation, and more.