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...Carl Jeffers is a freelance writer and political essayist. He is a regular feature editorial contributor to the Seattle Times and Biz Magazine, and can be reached at cjintel@juno.com
...computer files or the bedroom policeman who opposed an ambassadorial candidate on the grounds that he was openly gay? Personally abstemious, he banned alcohol from the Governor's mansion during his eight years in office and vetoed a bill allowing Sunday alcohol sales, and yet his fifth largest campaign contributor was Anheuser-Busch. He has worked fervently to outlaw all abortions unless the mother's life is at risk, and yet his website touts his record and priorities as Governor and Senator and makes no mention whatsoever of abortion. What do you make of a man who is caricatured...
...Slaughter, a New York Democrat: "It would be a travesty for the new Administration to let this go forward." Maybe, but few expect the Bush Administration to find the thrust reverser for this one. The President-elect hails from American's home state (CEO Carty was a big Bush contributor), and John Ashcroft, Bush's nominee for Attorney General, comes from TWA's. Says Holly Hegeman, an aviation analyst and publisher of the website planebusiness.com "I really don't think we would have seen this type of move if the Democrats had kept the White House...
Sarah Vowell, a contributor to public radio's This American Life, writes this column about her continuing education
...generally not held accountable for their students' physical fitness. Some states, like Missouri, New York and South Carolina, are beginning to implement assessments of PE skills that would be part of the public report card. "What are most schools now rewarded for?" asks CDC health scientist Howell Wechsler, a contributor to the President's report. "Achievement in language arts, math, social studies...