State of the Superpower

Today Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced her unmarried teenage daughter is 5 months pregnant. Bristol Palin, a 17 year old high school senior, plans to marry the father and raise the baby.
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Today six states were granted exemptions from No Child Left Behind to form school tailored solutions for sagging test scores. Educators complain under the current program schools are unfairly punished for not reaching testing goals. 
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First of all, I’m not a believer in Steven Milloy and his Junk science franchise. Most of Mr. Milloy’s crowd are, in one way or another, connected to tobacco, oil, and coal companies.
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Below are links of interest.
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Science, like politics, has a money trail that […]

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Our government likes nothing better than to praise the courage and dedication of our troops. Those in power also like to use them for photo opportunities, as witnessed when a certain president proclaimed “mission accomplished” atop an aircraft carrier.
There were few troops on hand today when Republican presidential candidate John McCain again came out against […]

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In an address before the Knesset, President George Bush linked talking with leaders like Iranian President Ahmadineja to appeasement.
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And from a historical perspective Mr. Bush is correct; Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy towards Hitler was both morally and diplomatically wrong. The problem is most people don’t know who Neville […]

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It’s only May in this election year, yet the God Factor is in full swing. First came the attacks over comments made by Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the pastor of Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s church. In their patented rush for fair and balanced coverage, every five minutes FOX News played snippets collected from a series of […]

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Are we losing our world leader status? Thomas Friedman wrote an interesting Op Ed piece in the May 21 New York Times.
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Say what you want, but the fact remains that world does move along. The question is, will we move with it?

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Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), unveiled it’s next-generation, low-cost laptop prototype geared to poor students in emerging markets. The XO 2.0 has a touch-screen keyboard that, when turned on its side, doubles as a second display. This feature means more than one student may use the computer at the same time.
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I came across an interesting article from CNN commentator and conservative talk show host Glenn Beck.
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Despite the standard attack on liberals, Mr. Beck has a point about private university endowments and how much they generate. Harvard University has a total of $34.6 billion in endowments, but is […]

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Home Depot Inc. reported a first quarter net income drop 66%. Analysts blame increasing food and gas prices, as well as the housing market downturn, for the home improvement giant’s downturn. Earlier this month Home Depot announced they would close 15 stores deemed under performing. They also canceled plans to open 50 new stores.
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