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Archive for February, 2010

Video | 16 Feb 2010

Come On Baby, Put the Rock in the House

Now that the Winter Olympics are here and people in America, briefly, care somewhat about curling again, I am suddenly reminded of the great good fortune we all had that the last Winter Olympics happened in a year when Jonathan Coulton was forcing himself to write a new song every week.  And one week he [...]

News &Texas | 11 Feb 2010

More on Don McLeroy, and How Texas Rules Textbooks

In a lovely bit of validation for my “This man must lose his job for the good of the country!” rant of two days ago, the New York Times Magazine has just published a ten page article on Texas education guidelines, with profiles of  Don McLeroy, Gail Lowe, and Cynthia Dunbar.  (Dunbar is perhaps the [...]

Texas | 09 Feb 2010

A Small Thing You Can Do That Will Improve the U.S. Educational System

I haven’t been blogging a lot this year, but I’m breaking radio silence now because this one is big.  A guy from Texas who you might never have heard of is running for re-election, and unusual as it might seem, it is strongly in your interest that he not win. Don McLeroy is currently on [...]