George Will examines the success of the No Child Left Behind Act’s underlying conservatism, which manifests itself in a pedagogical paradigm shift away from blind spending and toward school accountability: Federal money – the 8 percent [of total spending on grades K through 12] lever – is large enough to change what must be changed before anything else can be: the subject. Answering the question “Is Bush a Conservative?” in
March 2004
March 11, 2004
Anybody but Bush. Anyway. Anyhow. By Any Means.
John Cole provides the necessary corrective to a nascent meme — concerning White House overnight guests — currently being shopped around the blogosphere by low-level Democratic ideologues. If the meme has legs, you can bet it’ll be trotted out by better-funded partisans higher up on the foodchain in a matter of days. Which I suppose is to be expected. Sadly, splashing truth over this phantom fire won’t keep the BeatBush™
March 10, 2004
Bring. It. On. Chapter 3.
Overheard at Georgetown’s swanky 1789 Restaurant, March 9: Kerry: “…from what I hear, O’Reilly’s been getting a lot of mileage out of the word folks. So I’ve been thinking, why not incorporate it into my own speeches? As a way to connect with the little people, as it were.” Ketchup Heiress: “Ugh. ‘Folks’? Really? It’s so very…plebian sounding.” Kerry: “Of course it is. But you have to admit, it has
March 10, 2004
Oh Nancy Boy, the Pipes, the Pipes are calling…
Cool! Trivial Pursuit™ picks up more game-card fodder, and I can start using Gillooly in everyday conversation again. It’s a win win situation! Here, check it out: “Oh, don’t mind him, that’s just the gillooly talking.” Or, “My, this gumbo is delicious! Please pass the gillooly.” Gillooly Gillooly Gillooly Gillooly Gillooly. Gilloooooooooolllly. Ah. Tell me that’s not heavenly…
March 10, 2004
From the “Coveting Thy Neighbor’s Ass” Dept., Cont.
Erstwhile San Francisco 49’ers wide receiver Terrell Owens: Tireless Civil Rights hero? Or greedy over-rated jaggoff…? We report, you decide.
March 10, 2004
From the “Coveting Thy Neighbor’s Ass” Department
Nobody drugs my bitch and gets away with it. There. I’ve always wanted to say that.
March 10, 2004
To be, or, y’know, not…
“Et tu, Brute?” Not anymore. “And you too, Brutus?” is what students read in a new genre of study guides that modernize the Elizabethan English found in “Julius Caesar” and other plays by William Shakespeare. These guides move beyond the plot summaries found in other study aides by providing line-by-line translations in modern-day English. Here, let me try: “Yo, Romeo! Where you at? ‘Cause peep this: Juliet’s in the hizzouse.”