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...Politicians have never been shy about overselling their achievements, but in this case the President (and the bill's congressional backers) had reason to gloat: the measure Bush signed Tuesday morning remains remarkably uncorrupted by the parochial interests that often drag down well-intended legislation. There is little doubt that the new law will force thousands of schools and hundreds of thousands of teachers to change what they do. But will such changes actually help more children learn? The answer depends largely on what happens next...
...enormous. I'm thinking, "Jesus Christ, we're under attack." There's a black man in the middle of the street. He has a vending pushcart. When he sees the people jumping, he completely loses it. He runs toward me to grab me. I have to get somebody to drag him away from me. I can't think with him screaming in my ear. This is minutes before the mayor arrives...
...Giuliani himself said once (while in drag) that he was a "Republican dressed as a Democrat dressed as a Republican." While, you, as we know, are a Democrat who dressed up as a Republican because the primary was easier. Never mind. It doesn't matter. Politics and partisan sabotage have not yet rushed back in to New York City, and New Yorkers are still ready to believe that the city can be reborn stronger and better than it was on Sept. 11. All this is in your favor...
...Politicians have never been shy to oversell their achievements, but in this case they had a point: the final education bill, which is likely to be signed into law next week, is remarkably uncorrupted by the parochial interests that often drag down well-intended legislation. And "revolution" may indeed be the right word. There is little doubt that the new law will force thousands of schools and hundreds of thousands of teachers to change what they do. But will such changes actually help more children learn? The answer depends largely on what happens next...
Cocky Kid Rock To frustrated white males who enjoy strippers, watching wrestling, drunkeness, bragging, or sucking a plug of chaw while drag-racing strangers on their way home from work, Kid Rock offers Cocky, the follow-up to his platinum 1998 major-label debut, Devil Without a Cause...