I voted for him. I still like him. And I’m very happy that he, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha, and Michelle’s mother, are now living in the White House, and that the Bush family has returned to Texas, from where they should never have left. But under our new president weren’t things supposed to be different? [...]
Archive for February 17, 2009
Plus Ça Change
February 17, 2009The cities where Americans most want to live
February 17, 2009Well we’re not alone in wanting to live in Tampa. We learn from researchers at the Pew Center that Americans want to go South and West, that the top ten places where they want to live are Denver, San Diego, Seattle, San Francisco, Phoenix, Portland and Sacramento in the West, and Orlando, Tampa and San [...]
Stimulus Money for the Schools
February 17, 2009There is much talk, and gloating among the members of the education (read school) establishment about the $100 billion in new money for the schools now made available by the stimulus bill just passed by the Congress. The talk, however, is all about getting the horse to water, about changes to the paths to learning, [...]
