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...their child receives the best education possible, but patching the failure of public schools by sending students to private institutions ultimately perpetuates the problem rather than solving it. To continuously utilize federal funding solely to pay for tuition rather than new and improved programming may work in the short-term but will be ineffective in the long-term. Instead, the government must make a more concerted effort to develop special-needs programs within the existing public education infrastructure. The money should be channeled directly into the public schools in order to overhaul current failures in the system and make public...
...crisis. Earlier this year, while Icelandic banking executives offered interviews to calm investors, the Financial Times published an influential story revealing an ongoing investigation into hedge funds trying to destabilize the country. Last month, the liquidity freeze made it impossible for Glitnir to roll over its short-term debt, as the krona suddenly depreciated and interest rates soared. Fear rapidly spread to the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, where residents had deposited billions in the other two Icelandic banks attracted by their high interest rates. Amidst the banking run that immediately followed, the British government transferred authority over...
...distinct from the mere questioning of her opponent’s credibility. She did not try to impugn Obama’s credentials but rather to lay bare the artifice in his very carefully choreographed convention. In short, she tried to expose his speech as a photo-op. The term “photo-op” or rather, “photo opportunity,” was first coined by John Hart of CBS News with regard to Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign tactics. It was not originally a neutral term; as Hart said...
...Democrats are keenly aware of this math and have been focusing money and time in the Philadelphia area, including Obama's appearance on Tuesday, likely to be his last in the state. Rendell, who himself swept to victory in his first term with a blowout win in the Philadelphia suburbs, said he's confident that Obama will hold those southeastern counties strongly. Turnout in the Philadelphia area might be large enough to make sure Obama is "unbeatable in the state even if the bottom fell out [in the west]," he told TIME. "And I don't think the bottom will...
What stands out in my mind is the advent of the whole cyber-world. Cyberspace was a term that started circulating in the public in the early 1990s, and the ACLU had a cyber-liberties task force from the beginning. We advocated for free speech and privacy in that venue the same way we did in others. But it was a struggle. The government was advocating for a second-class First Amendment and constitutional status for the Internet. That was very frightening. Nobody had any idea how it was going to go and I'm very proud that...