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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: Temper, Temper!

Jersey Jazzman: Temper, Temper!

Temper, Temper!

Poor Rahm Emanuel: apparently his delicate sensibilities couldn't handle a simple question:



This reporter should be grateful that the easily offended Emanuel didn't go off on one of his obscenity-laced tirades...


If the report in the Washington Post's Answer Sheet is correct, he has chosen the Lab School, where Obama sent his own kids, where Duncan went to school himself, and where they will likely receive small classes, a well-rounded education and little high-stakes testing, the

Christie's "Catholic Education"

Let me reiterate: Chris Christie claims he sends his own kids to private, Catholic schools so they can get a religious education:



Let's first point out that there are Catholic schools, and then there are very elite, very expensive Catholic schools. Delbarton is the latter, with a tuition of $26, 495. Hardly the $4,800 that St. Vincent's over in Newark charges.

But I'm also quite curious what kind of "religious education" Christie seeks for his own children. Would it include the study of the famous 1986 pastoral letter from the US Catholic Bishops, "Economic Justice for All"?
15. All people have a right to participate in the economic life of society. Basic justice demands that