Archive for September 2006

American Foreign Policy as Political Failure

7 September 2006 | lecollye

In this video, Robert Kuttner, Founding Editor of The American Prospect, discusses the failures of American foreign policy and ways to improve it. I found this while digging through Google Video recently. Bob’s analysis is dead-on, timely and profound. Be sure to note that he is not reading from a script and that most […]

Khatami, Clowns, Romney and His Troopers.

6 September 2006 | lecollye

Today, Boston.com posted a question to its readers:
“Governor Mitt Romney declared yesterday he would not allow any state resources to be used to protect a former Iranian president during his visit to the Boston area this weekend, and he sharply criticized Harvard University for inviting Mohammed Khatami to speak on the eve of the […]

An Incredible Discussion

5 September 2006 | W A Hurd

 The folks over at Blue Mass Group have outdone themselves this afternoon with a lengthy and informative (and informed) discussion of charter schools, pilot schools and public schools in Massachusetts. As I’ve never studied education policy and have only taught at the pre-kindergarten level (and not in Massachusetts, at that), I’ve got nothing to add […]

I’ll write my own opinion soon.

5 September 2006 | lecollye

I do have my own intesting things to say, I swear. I’m brewing up a hum dinger of a combo post, for the 1 year anniversary of Katrina and 5 year of 9/11. Specifically, why America needs “Katrina: Never Forget” bumper stickers, because it looks like these colors do in fact run.
In lue […]