Where Obama Failed DOE Succeeded: NYC Standardized Tests Have Reached Post-partisanship (AKA, Idiocy)
In light of the 50 banned words by the NYC Department of Education (DOE), Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, for example, would be changed for the...
Government Relaxes Rules on Reading Emails and other Tweets
Reading about the government relaxation of the rules on the use of private information, I sighed and wondered how much more relaxation can they...
Revelations
This week’s revelations may not be biblical. Nevertheless, they are entertaining.
Twelve high school girls in upstate New York resolved to engage in neurotic behavior in...
Jobs. The American Jobs. Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs did not care about American jobs. Or if he cared, he did so quietly. What he cared about publicly was the American...
Caroline, Her Uncle Teddy, and Their Protégé
Like last time around, in 2008, Caroline Kennedy, JFK’s daughter, is reaching out to the electorate with emotional letters in support of Obama's reelection.
This...
Breaking Away Italian Way
The Renaissance is a gift Italians gave us all when, in a gesture of largesse, they broke away from tradition, from the Miserable Middle...
Mahmoud the Matchmaker
In a recent editorial, The New York Times wrote that Iran threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz if the United States and Europe...
