Good article about middle school/junior high in the New York Times. I've never taught 7th graders, but my general recollections of being a middle school student seem to accord pretty well with the experiences of the teachers. Thinking back to it still gives me the willies;...
Via Ezra, I see that Paul Campos' terrific article (which I've tried to link to before) has been taken out from behind the subscriber wall by TNR in time for.
Shorter Treason-Wankee: "I have wasted a shitload of time."I truly fail to understand Right Blogistan's obsession with Jamil Hussein, but I suppose if it can be proven for certain that.
In case you're in the mood for more, I have a post at TAPPED on the subject. Longtime readers will particularly enjoy the fact that Plano, which last year Kaus was using as anecdotal evidence that even the most liberal elitist communities shared recoiled (just like...
Applebaum:Someday, perhaps, when Iraq's civil war is over, and when Iraqis have achieved a measure of personal safety—an even more basic human requirement than political freedom—it may be possible for.
Has anyone ever seen the 1959 Our Man in Havana, directed by Carol Reed and starring Alec Guiness? I'm just finishing a Graham Greene collection (more on that later), and.
Virgil Goode.
Althouse, 8:17 am January 1:Write shorter blog posts. Blog posts will be as short as I can make them. Crisp! Honed with a sharp edge. Look out.And 22 hours later,.
Apropos of nothing, there's this from The Guardian:Saddam Hussein was mostly an uncomplaining prisoner who saved crumbs to feed the birds, watered weeds in the jail compound and believed that.
Although I predicted that the Sooners would handle Boise State, I'm taking no small pleasure in watching the Broncos take advantage of four turnovers to pound the snot out of Oklahoma. If a couple of calls had gone the other way against Oregon, the Oklahoma squad...
Thanks to the reader who gave me Nicholas Lemann's Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War. I'll get it read and reviewed as soon as I post reviews of.
Kaus, purportedly channeling Tim Noah: He said it: Only Slate 's Tim Noah, however, has had the balls to prematurely speculate about a partisan Schiavo do-si-do in which Tom DeLay.