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...intelligent, rational being was secretly a sub-literate moron. All those times we‘d innocently joked about Bristol and Levi, she’d been harboring perverted desires to do things like watch FOX News and vote for McCain. “At least tell me you still think Sarah Palin is Satan,” I pleaded. She shook her head and muttered something about the liberal media distorting things, but I couldn‘t quite make it out over the sound of our friendship crashing...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...meeting took a more optimistic turn when Kairos Shen, Boston’s popular chief planner, asked residents to not just criticize Harvard’s plan, but to also specify an alternative vision. “Rather than just saying what you don’t like, tell us what you would like to see in its place,” he said. “We are much better when we know what you think rather than have to guess what you think.” Although several attendees said that they agreed with Shen?...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allston Meeting Becomes Heated | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...cite some numbers, Cambridge would lose 86 percent of its state aid for education under Question 1. To reach the $12.5 billion mandate, Massachusetts would have to fire every state employee—and then cut $7.2 billion more. Question 1 supporters tell the undecided that the measure’s opponents are “indirectly funded by your tax dollars.” They’re right. Everyone in Massachusetts is indirectly funded by tax dollars—when they mail a letter, borrow books from the library, or visit a nearby state park...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: No on Question 1 | 10/26/2008 | See Source »

With just over a week to go until Election Day, polls are not looking great for Republican presidential nominee John McCain. So TIME asked four political pros what they would tell McCain to do in the last week in order to have a real chance at winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unsolicited Advice for John McCain | 10/25/2008 | See Source »

...Even so, Scott says he is intrigued by ReadiStep and will consider using it, adding, "If it is a formative assessment that can tell us exactly how to prepare kids better for college, then it could be a good addition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With a Pre-PSAT, the Joys of Testing Start Even Earlier | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

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