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...wants an example, he can just look at the warm embrace Mauer is experiencing right now in Minnesota. If the catcher continues to display prowess behind the plate, he will rank with two-time World Series champion Kirby Puckett, perhaps even above him given Mauer’s St. Paul roots...
Government Professor and author of “Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning” Paul E. Peterson argues that “rather than paying kids to learn, one should teach to their ‘price point,’ which varies with every student” and use new technology “to adapt curriculum to each child’s skills and level of mastery...
Eight months after emerging victorious from the fight over his first Supreme Court nominee, Sonia "Wise Latina" Sotomayor, President Obama is gearing up for Round 2. Party bigwigs and advocacy groups are clambering to anoint a successor to Justice John Paul Stevens, the leading liberal on the bench and a 35-year veteran of the top court, who announced last week that he will retire at the end of this term. There's already talk of potential precedents: Will Obama appoint the first Asian-American Justice? Boost the number of women on the court to a historic three? No matter...
...scheme never passed, but he did get all nine nominees he floated during his three terms confirmed. (By contrast, John Tyler served up nine nominations from 1844 to 1845 - and in the worst track record of any President, scored with just one.) (See pictures of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens...
...percent is the public-relations job of defining the choice to rev up the party base, satisfy centrists and disarm the opposition. A nominee with a compelling biography, impeccable résumé, strong presentation and demographic appeal could strengthen Obama's hand politically. (Read "How Replacing Justice John Paul Stevens Could Get Interesting...