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...this election season all the usual hand-wringing and exhortations about the state of education in America. But few of the arguments about school choice and vouchers and teachers' unions are new, and none provide a quick fix to our students' performance compared with their peers around the world. Closer to home, we do what we can, which is why back-to-school shopping may be our one truly recession-proof industry. We can drive less when gas prices rise; we can cut back on movies or fancy meals. But we'll never stop filling those backpacks and buying those...
...those - his colleagues in the Senate, his political opponents - who aren't as courageous as he thinks he is. But McCain has proved a selective maverick, surrounded by special-interest lobbyists who shape his foreign and fiscal policies. In fact, I suspect that this year's McCain is closer to the real thing than the noble 2000 version. This one is congenitally dark, the opposite of Reagan - not confident enough in the substance of his ideas, especially on domestic policy, to run a campaign that features them. Instead, his natural sarcasm has enabled him to perfect the Bush...
...Penang election, Anwar's resounding win promises to energize his People's Alliance opposition coalition and confirms the politician's appeal cuts across race and religion despite his six-year imprisonment and the sodomy charges he is now facing. It also brings the 61-year-old politician a step closer to a more personal goal: becoming the next prime minister. "Next stop is Putra Jaya," Anwar told the wildly cheering supporters, referring to Malaysia's administrative capital that houses the office of current Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. "This is a victory for the people. And it's great...
...another frivoulous aspect of a frivolous city. I have come close to finding the real Shanghai only when walking through a food market alley, and it has led me to believe that the further you can get away from the development that China so highly touts, the closer you can get to something you’ll want to remember. There were not only fruits and vegetables for sale but also frogs, turtles, eels, ducks, chickens with their heads cut off, and exotic items that words can’t do justice. I was strolling through when...
...Carville have suggested that Obama "disrespected" Clinton by not even consulting her on his veep choice. Even so, the Clintons recognize that continued dissent among her core partisans could be a fiasco for the party and put an end to their own political futures. And as the election gets closer, Clinton voters who take the time to compare Obama and McCain should realize, however grudgingly, that only one candidate shares the same policy positions with their Hillary, especially on hot-button issues like abortion...