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Education: Perhaps the answer is to rethink what we mean by education
Recent events have spawned what has been for me some vitriolic but otherwise meaningless debates about education in the United States. The debates have been vitriolic because the sides involved have dug into positions that are primarily rhetorical in nature and have been meaningless because most of the rhetoric has little to do with how […] Continue reading
Posted in Education, Ideas
Tagged Debates, Definitions, Education Models, fundamentals, questions
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The Rambling Road: Rambling and repetition
When trying to write a daily weblog, it’s easy to fall into a pattern of repetition, especially when the subject is narrow like I’ve imagined the subject for this blog to be. So I wonder, what do other people want … Continue reading → Continue reading
The cost of reality: who do you believe in?
I believe a significant part of the debate over everything from massive deficits to union bargaining rights centers around a question most people never consciously consider: who do they believe in? In this case, I am not talking about belief or lack … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, History, Nations, News, Philosophy, Politics, Predictions, Preparedness, Society, Spending, United States, World Watch
Tagged Americans, cost, Debt, deficit, Government, health care, History, questions, Reality, responsibility, United States
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A kind of litmus test
For all you conservative voters out there who plan to vote for Republicans on 2 November, here’s an interesting test for you to use to see if you made the right choice between then and 2012: Did federal government spending … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Politics, Quid Facis, Spending, Voting, World Watch
Tagged Congress, Constitution, questions, Republicans, Spending, taxes, Tests, vote
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What will you wish you had if disaster strikes?
What will you wish you had if disaster strikes? Why don’t you have it now? It’s too easy, in our current era, to believe that things will somehow continue to improve, yet history tells us that there is no evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, History, Predictions, Preparedness, Quid Facis, Society, World Watch
Tagged Future, History, questions, readiness
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