The Worst School Districts in the Country

Seeded on Fri Dec 2, 2011 10:38 AM EST (Silicon Alley Insider)

The school system earned the lowest grade, a D, on a Brooking's Institute study of big school systems around the county.

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The Solecism of Reaganomics: Tax Cuts, Federal Revenue, and the Middle Class

Fri Jun 4, 2010 6:09 PM EDT

Ever since the beginnings of the Reagan Revolution in the 1980s, the right-wingers of America have been in overwhelming support of tax breaks in all social classes, primarily that of the very rich.

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Ants Rescue Their Friends

Seeded on Sun Nov 8, 2009 9:51 PM EST (http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/)

Helpful acts, such as grooming or foster parenting, are common throughout the animal kingdom, but accounts of animals rescuing one another from danger are exceedingly rare, having been reported in the scientific literature only for dolphins, capuchin monkeys, and ants.

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Ronald Reagan: Success, or Failure?

Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:56 PM EST

Ronald Reagan is the quintessential conservative - a president whose memory stirs passionate emotions of almost anybody that was alive during his tenure in office.

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The Ideological Shift of American Political Parties

Mon Nov 2, 2009 4:04 PM EST

In the recent time since Obama's election to the presidency, the sometimes racially-tinged atmosphere surrounding his critics has created an image of the stereotypical insane, racist and uneducated religious fanatic that invests all their beliefs in the extreme right.

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Clarifying the Various -isms That Get Thrown Around

Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:19 PM EDT

A very aggravating trend has seemed to emerge since Barack Obama was elected to office: people, mostly those on the right, throw terms like fascism and liberalism around with absolutely NO regard as to their actual meaning.

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The Worst School Districts in the Country
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