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WE Blog: All downhill since Election Night?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:03:33 -0500

All 10 months of the Obama era have been a letdown in the view of Boston Phoenix columnist Steven Stark. He argues that the president has made rookie mistakes, shown a disinterest in governing and been surprisingly divisive. And “in his quest to surpass what he’s done [...]

WE Blog: Open thread 11/16

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:02:20 -0500

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WE Blog: Can schools streamline their way through crisis?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:01:15 -0500

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School districts across the nation are caught between decreasing funding and rising expectations. Ron Steiger, assistant chief budget officer for the Miami-Dade County public schools in Florida, described in an Education Week commentary how his district dealt with a $50 million midyear state funding cut by [...]

WE Blog: Dubious, bogus and utterly phony headlines

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:01 -0500

The following satirical headlines come from borowitzreport.com and theonion.com:

LOU DOBBS LEAVES CNN FOR CARTOON NETWORK

SENATE PASSES BLAME BY VOTE OF 91-8

OBAMA’S DECLARATION OF SWINE FLU EMERGENCY PROMPTS PRO-SWINE-FLU REPUBLICAN RESPONSE

STEVEN TYLER LAID OFF FROM AEROSMITH AS BAND’S JOBLESS RATE HITS 20 PERCENT

FOX NEWS REPORTS: MILLIONS [...]

Nick Sloan's Official Web Site: Big 12 Power Rankings

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:36:00 -0500

North

1. Nebraska
2. Kansas State
3. Iowa State
4. Colorado
5. Kansas
8. Missouri: Last week, they were tenth

South

1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Oklahoma State
4. Texas Tech
5. Baylor
6. Texas aTm [...]

Voice For Liberty in Wichita: Kelo abandonment holds lesson for Wichita

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:08:40 -0500

In New London, Connecticut, developers wanted to build a new business complex on land owned by a number of homeowners, including Suzette Kelo. She didn’t want to sell, and the case eventually wound its way to the United States Supreme Court. In the decision, the court ruled in favor [...]

Nick Sloan's Official Web Site: Tony Mitchell To Missouri

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:14:00 -0500

A great, great land for Mike Anderson.

With recruiting picking up, let me predict a Final Four by 2012. We could have Arkansas all over again, this time in Columbia, Mo.

Bill Self continues to reload at Kansas; Frank Martin's doing great at Kansas State and Anderson has' [...]