A little bit of both for me 😦 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sx2scvIFGjE Remember - these folks are voters, too.
Category: National
Oct 1, 2013
I stayed up for a while last night to watch some ping pong - bills being passed by the House only to be rejected by the Senate. I didn't last long - because it was obvious this was going nowhere. The shutdown of the federal government was on. It sounded like there was a deal … Continue reading Oct 1, 2013
12 years: Remembering 9/11
Another year has passed but I still remember the horror of 9/11/01 as if it were yesterday. I gathered my thoughts on the fifth anniversary - and I really have nothing to add. Statements have poured in from our representatives. I don't agree much with Virginian-Pilot columnist Kerry Dougherty but she nailed it in her … Continue reading 12 years: Remembering 9/11
ICYMI: Navigating a tweet stream
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Perhaps it sounds like a frivolous topic but the discussion paper (pdf) that prompted it was anything but. The power of the medium has changed the way politics is done. When I joined Twitter, it was because I wanted a way to quickly report on … Continue reading ICYMI: Navigating a tweet stream
ICYMI: Hiding under the banner of accountability
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. The start of school - both as a student and an instructor - got me thinking about how education and politics are intertwined. Not that that is anything new: education is very much shaped by politics - and vice versa. I've written a many column … Continue reading ICYMI: Hiding under the banner of accountability
Rigell has a challenger
Don't you just love Virginia's every-year elections? No down time for voters here. With eyes barely focused on this November's elections, the 2014 elections are already starting. Scott Rigell, the Republican representative in the 2nd Congressional District, will face a Democratic challenger, and unless someone else steps up, that challenger will be Suzanne Patrick. The … Continue reading Rigell has a challenger
Friday fun: a two-fer
Been so long since I put up one of these but it's not because I haven't run across some fun things to do; rather, it's been a lack of time. So how about two of them? First up: Back to School! This is a sample of questions on the 2013 New York State math tests, … Continue reading Friday fun: a two-fer
Opinion, please: ban the box
Norfolk is planning to join Richmond, Portsmouth, Newport News and other localities across the country to "ban the box" on job applications, whereby the question "Have you ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor?" is removed from job applications. The daunting question that gave Clayton pause more than two years ago will soon disappear … Continue reading Opinion, please: ban the box
Poverty in America
The money quote: "Poverty is no longer an issue of 'them', it's an issue of 'us'," says Mark Rank, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis who calculated the numbers. "Only when poverty is thought of as a mainstream event, rather than a fringe experience that just affects blacks and Hispanics, can we really … Continue reading Poverty in America
ICYMI: A tale of two marriages
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Until I read the Ohio court order, I had no clue that the couple mentioned had been married on the same day and in the same state as I had been. I spoke with someone yesterday who had been following me on Twitter that day; … Continue reading ICYMI: A tale of two marriages
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