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• Atty: Fort Hood suspect may use insanity defense

  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack on his Texas post will likely plead not guilty to the charges against him and may use an insanity defense at his military trial, his attorney said Monday.
  
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:40pm EST
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• 56-Year-Old Man Brought Back To Life After 47 Minutes, 4,500 Chest Compressions And 8 Zaps With Defibrillator

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:40pm EST
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• Washington Post closing remaining U.S. bureaus

  NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Washington Post (WPO.N) is closing its last U.S. bureaus outside the nation’s capital as the money-losing newspaper retrenches to focus on politics and local news.
  
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:40pm EST
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• News Corp. Joined by Rivals Weighing Google Block

  MediaNews Group Inc., the Post’s publisher, will block Google News when it starts charging readers in Pennsylvania and California for online content next year, Chief Executive Officer Dean Singleton said in an interview. Morning News owner A.H. Belo Corp. may introduce online subscription fees and also block Google, Executive Vice [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:39pm EST
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• WSJ — Lending Declines as Bank Jitters Persist

  Total loan balances fell by $210.4 billion, or 3%, in the third quarter, the biggest decline since data collection began in 1984, according to a report released Tuesday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The FDIC also said its fund to backstop deposits fell into negative territory for just the [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:38pm EST
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• Obama could lock in Afghanistan decision Monday

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said President Barack Obama could use an unusual evening war council session Monday to lock in his long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of new U.S. forces to the stalemated war in Afghanistan.
  
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:38pm EST
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• Schwarzenegger caught parking Porsche in red zone

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Just weeks after California first lady Maria Shriver apologized for parking in a red zone, her husband appears to have violated the same law.
  
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:36pm EST
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• China Daily — China State Construction nets $100m US subway deal

  China State Construction Engineering Corp, the largest contractor in China, has bagged a subway ventilation project worth about $100 million in New York’s Manhattan area, marking the construction giant’s third order in the United States’ infrastructure space this year.
  
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:36pm EST
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• New map suggests Mars was wet and humid

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:35pm EST
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• BBC: we won’t charge for online news

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:35pm EST
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• AFP — Big night with Gore in Portland

  This past Wednesday night in Portland, Oregon we had hundreds upon hundreds of grassroots activists in a downtown park protesting Al Gore’s (without a doubt the largest emitter of hot air in the nation) pro-cap-and-trade speech. CLICK HERE for pictures of the event. Hot Air Tour Rally in Portland Ever wonder if [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:54pm EST
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• Tim Huelskamp November Campaign Update

  Between corn and milo harvests, spending time with Angela and the kids, pheasant season, and running full-time for Congress, November has been a VERY busy month! We have already begun bringing our positive message of consistent, proven conservatism to every corner of the Big First, and I want to take [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:52pm EST
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• Notes From Funk’s Front Porch - 21 November 2009

  Funk’s Front Porch 21 November 2009 Dear Folks, This Week’s City Business The following is the text of a statement issued by the Mayor after Thursday’s removal of the City Manager: This afternoon I suspended and removed the City Manager. Following that suspension, the City Council ratified his removal in a public vote. I have named [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:50pm EST
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• KCTV on Amy Morasch’s Thriftyiscool.blogspot.com — Special Report: Bargain Blogger

  After her kids were born, Amy Morasch knew she wanted to find a way to stay at home with her little ones. “We went down to one income, so I needed to cut the budget,” the Lee’s Summit mom said. So Morasch turned to the Internet during her kids’ nap time and [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:48pm EST
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• AFP — A Declaration of Dependence

  Last week, John Cassidy the left-leaning columnist for the New Yorker Magazine explained the real goals of the healthcare movement. In a surprising admission, he revealed what free market opponents had thought all long: that the eventual goal is to create a permanent middle class dependency on government entitlements. The [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:44pm EST
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• When a Time Bomb is Ticking — Eugene Robinson

  There’s a difference between sensitivity and stupidity. If there were indeed signs that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood mass murderer, was becoming radicalized in his opposition to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army had a duty to act — before he did. Gen. George Casey, the [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:44pm EST
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• What Can Government Do for You? — Nicole Kurokawa

  Reason.tv has a great new video out that illustrates (literally… Nick Gillespie has a magic marker in his hand) what happens when the government wields its power. Check it out:
  
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:43pm EST
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• The Coming of Caesar — Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson

  We have a problem. This could be “the big one”-bigger than coping with the Ahmadinejads, Kims, and Chavezes of the world and bigger than our current economic woes. Our republic, our society, may be heading for a crackup. We are bankrupt, both financially and politically. The source of the problem is [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:43pm EST
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• Obama Administration Fighting to Increase Your Debt — AFP

  The U.S. Government is spending money at an unprecedented rate. According to Louis Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson ICAP, it burns money at an average of over $100 billion per month. That’s far more than government revenue and so the Treasury is forced to turn to the debt market. Fiscal [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:42pm EST
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• ACORN Goes for Broke — MATTHEW VADUM

  As its financial resources dwindle, radical advocacy group and organized crime syndicate ACORN may have to file for bankruptcy protection before Christmas, ACORN insiders say. “They may have to file for bankruptcy if they don’t have several big pending grants approved or get emergency loans,” a highly placed ACORN source told [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:42pm EST
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• A new low for Dennis Moore-supported ObamaCare

  Rasmussen:Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% now oppose the plan. Half the [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:08pm EST
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• Rasmussen: Voters Now Closely Divided On U.S. Chances for Victory in Afghanistan

  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that U.S. voters are almost evenly divided now over whether it is possible for the United States to win the war in Afghanistan. Thirty-nine percent (39%) say yes that victory is still possible, but 36% disagree and say it is not. One-in-four [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:07pm EST
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• Rasmussen — Voters Still Worry Government Will Do Too Much For Economy

  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 53% of voters worry that the federal government will do too much when it comes to reacting to the nation’s financial problems. This marks a five-point increase from last month and is seven points higher than the week after President Obama [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:05pm EST
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• Wash Post — In the trenches on climate change, hostility among foes, Stolen e-mails reveal venomous feelings toward skeptics

  While few U.S. politicians bother to question whether humans are changing the world’s climate — nearly three years ago the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded the evidence was unequivocal — public debate persists. And the newly disclosed private exchanges among climate scientists at Britain’s Climate Research Unit of [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:03pm EST
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• SC gov faces 37 charges he broke state ethics laws

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws more than three dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money, according to details of the allegations released Monday.
  
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:02pm EST
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• Big Government — San Diego ACORN Document Dump Scandal

  On October 1st, 2009 California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that an investigation had been opened into ACORN’s activities in California, resulting from undercover videos showing employees seemingly offering to assist the undercover film makers with human smuggling, child prostitution and even tax advice to boot.
  
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:02pm EST
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• Spiegel — Obama’s Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:01pm EST
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• NY Times — Wave of Debt Payments Facing US Government

  Treasury officials now face a trifecta of headaches: a mountain of new debt, a balloon of short-term borrowings that come due in the months ahead, and interest rates that are sure to climb back to normal as soon as the Federal Reserve decides that the emergency has passed.
  
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:01pm EST
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• Mom: Son in coma heard everything for 23 years

  BRUSSELS (AP) - A man who emerged from what doctors thought was a vegetative state says he was fully conscious for 23 years but could not respond because he was paralyzed, his mother said Monday. Rom Houben, 46, had a car crash in 1983 and doctors thought he had sunk into [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:00pm EST
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• Colorado Fox affiliate — Anti-Obama billboard stirs controversy

  The billboard, located at 4855 Miller Road, shows two cartoonish images of Obama wearing a Muslim turban and reads “PRESIDENT or JIHAD?” It also says “BIRTH CERTIFICATE - PROVE IT!” alluding to the conspiracy theory which claims Barack Obama was born in Kenya rather than Hawaii, which would disqualify him for [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:00pm EST
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• Obama: Too much debt could fuel double-dip recession

  BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession.
  
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:10am EST
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• China orders Microsoft to halt some Windows sales — Reuters

  Microsoft will have to stop selling the Chinese versions of its Windows 98, 2000, 2003 and Windows XP, according to the court. It is unclear when the ruling will take effect or how many copies are affected. Microsoft said it will appeal the ruling. “Microsoft respects intellectual property rights. We use third [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:10am EST
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• Gold hits record above $1,150/oz as dollar falls

  LONDON (Reuters) - Gold rose to record highs above $1,150 an ounce on Wednesday as the dollar index languished, boosting interest in the metal as an alternative asset, after largely benign U.S. inflation data.
  
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:09am EST
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• MRC — Surprise! Lauer Asks If Dobbs Was ‘Too Conservative’ For CNN?

  NBC’s Matt Lauer, on Tuesday’s Today show, actually asked Lou Dobbs, formerly of CNN, if he and the network parted ways because he was “too conservative” and if CNN was okay with Dobbs’ push for immigration reform when he was attacking George W. Bush but wasn’t happy when Dobbs started [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:09am EST
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• Newt Gingrich — A Stunning 22-Point Shift Away From Government Responsibilty for Health Care

  Polling data released last week by Gallup show a startling shift in public opinion: President Obama and Speaker Pelosi are actually convincing the country to rethink their attitudes and move toward the right and away from government solutions in health care (the same seems to be happening on spending, taxes, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:08am EST
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• EU ombudsman rebukes EU over errors in Intel case

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Ombudsman rebuked European Union regulators on Wednesday for procedural errors in their antitrust probe of Intel but the censure will not affect a 1.06 billion euro ($1.58 billion) fine against the U.S. chipmaker.
  
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:08am EST
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• MRC — Four Days After Airing Fake Photos of Sarah Palin, MSNBC ‘Fact Checks’ Former Governor

  Only four days after airing faked photographs purporting to be of Sarah Palin wearing a bikini and holding a gun, MSNBC hosts on Tuesday decided they were qualified to fact check the ex-governor of Alaska. Contessa Brewer chided Palin’s new memoir: “But can this book really be classified as fact, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:07am EST
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• KU faculty, staff, students honored for promoting sustainable practices

  Nov. 18, 2009 Contact: Jeff Severin, Center for Sustainability, (785) 864-5804 KU faculty, staff, students honored for promoting sustainable practices More Information Center for Sustainability LAWRENCE - The Center for Sustainability at the University of Kansas recently presented its annual Sustainability Leadership Awards, recognizing faculty, staff and students for outstanding leadership and creativity in addressing [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:07am EST
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• KU film professor’s ‘The Only Good Indian’ wins three awards at festival

  Nov. 18, 2009 Contact: Mary Jane Dunlap, University Relations, (785) 864-8853 KU film professor’s ‘The Only Good Indian’ wins three awards at festival More Information Department of Film and Media Studies LAWRENCE - A film by a University of Kansas faculty member won three top awards at the 34th annual American Indian Film Festival held Nov. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:05am EST
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• ALG — State Recessions, Big Government Obsessions

  Responsible state governments need to help their employees understand that, just as “a rising tide lifts all boats,” a sinking ship sucks everyone down. And since out-of-work private sector workers can no longer afford to employ public sector drones, the only just and equitable solution is for government to reduce [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:02am EST
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• ATR — Which Tax Hikes in Senate Health Bill Violate Obama’s Tax Promise?

  300 percent of the federal poverty line is well under $250,000. For a family of four, it’s $67,000. For an individual, it’s about $30,000. · Employer Mandate Tax. $400 per employee if health coverage is not offered. Note: this is a huge incentive to drop coverage, as $400 is [...]
  
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:39pm EST
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• Citizens Against Gov’t Waste — Taxpayers Go Trick-or-Treating

  Trick: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), or “stimulus,” was supposed to create millions of jobs. But the Associated Press reported on October 28 that the figures are bogus, making those jobs as real as Casper the ghost, especially with the unemployment rate above 10 percent. The stimulus ensures [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:38pm EST
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• Heritage — New Health Care House Bill Has Plenty of New Taxes

  The new House health care plan released by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) contains more tax increases than were in the original House plans known as the “tri-committee bill.” While Blue Dog Democrats can take some consolation in the fact that a few more small businesses will be exempt from the [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:36pm EST
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• ATR — Obama’s $250,000 Tax Pledge Timeline

  President Barack Obama’s central campaign promise was a “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year. Rather than immediately and unequivocally re-affirming the tax pledge during interviews, this timeline of statements by Obama and White House staff and advisors raises questions understandably [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:36pm EST
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• Nat’l Taxpayers Union — An Open Letter to the United States House of Representatives: Oppose H.R. 3905, the Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009

  Dear Representative: On behalf of the 362,000 members of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), I write to ask that you oppose H.R. 3905, the so-called “Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009,” which dramatically hikes taxes by canceling repeal of this onerous levy in 2010, while slowly moving toward an exemption level [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:35pm EST
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• Christopher Klicka: Warrior for Educational and Religious Freedom — A Tribute by Dr. John A. Sparks

  A young dark-haired student, Chris Klicka, sat in my U.S. Constitutional History class at Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania around 1980. He was an excellent student with a particularly keen interest in questions about religious liberty and how that liberty might be protected. What I did not know at [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:34pm EST
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• ATR — New Movie Unveils Corrupt New Jersey Public Schools

  “Teachers punished for speaking out. Principals fired for trying to do the right thing. Union leaders defending the indefensible. Bureaucrats blocking new charter schools. Teens who can’t read, parents desperate for change, and teachers struggling to launch stable alternative schools for inner city kids who want to learn.” This is [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:33pm EST
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• A Friendly Response Regarding School District Transparency — Brett Davis

  Given that a local blogger has both complimented and taken issue with our blog post from last week calling for school districts to post their budgets and warrants (check registers) online, we thought it pertinent to address his concerns, since others may have similar observations. In the warm-and-fuzzy titled blog, The [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:33pm EST
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• Dangerous Schools — Don Soifer

  Can you name a school you would describe as “persistently dangerous?” You might think so, but according to official education statistics, there are only 38 persistently dangerous public schools in the United States, and these occur only in a small handful of states (see chart below). Even though parents consistently [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:32pm EST
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• Center for Individ Freedom — Education Reform Awakens the Silent Majority

  In 1965, a young economist named Mancur Olson published a book that revolutionized the study of interest group politics. In “The Logic of Collective Action,” Olson turned the conventional wisdom about the economics of political power on its head. Up until that point, the foremost anxiety of good government devotees had [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:31pm EST
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