A found poem for Bruce Rauner.
The following just arrived as a comment to a post from back in March about Bruce Rauner’s gubernatorial exploratory committee. The post was called “rich guys.” Danny commented and I thought it made for a wonderful poem. Someone that has helped fund the YMCA and multiple charter schools can only be demonized by people on left-leaning sites. My god, individual altruism doesn’t come in the form
Me and Corky Live From the Heartland tomorrow morning at 9AM. Should I bring my uke?
aturday Mornings 9-10 • on air wluw 88.7 fm • on line www.wluw.org Replayed: www.youtube.com/heartlandmedia • Chicago’s CAN-TV Live From The Heartland Show KATY HOGAN & MICHAEL JAMES invite you to join us for THIS WEEK’S LIVE FROM THE HEARTLAND SHOW SATURDAY • OCTOBER 26, 2013 9 – 10 am • LIVE FROM THE HEARTLAND CAFE FRED KLON
I’m running statewide as an IEA delegate. I’m an IEA-builder.
IEA President Cinda Klickna stood in the lobby of the delegate hotel at the NEA RA in Washington D.C. two years ago and told me, “You know, some people think you’re anti-union.” It wasn’t really a question. It was ironic because we were having a conversation in which I was asking the leadership to support a New Business Item of mine supporting the Chicago Teachers Union in their negotiations with
John Thompson Picks Apart Petrilli’s Attack on “Reign of Error”
John Thompson, historian and teacher, devoted several articles to reviewing “Reign of Error” with care. Then he read Mike Petrilli’s critique, in which he accuses me of being “a double agent,” having learned the secrets of the rightwing, and turning their research against them. Thompson did what a good historian typically does: He followed the evidence. “Another way of putting Petrilli’s criticism
My Life as a Double Agent
Fred Klonsky has an excellent summary and hilarious critique of Mike Petrilli’s review of “Reign of Error.” Mike suggests that I was “a double agent,” hiding in plain sight in rightwing think tanks for thirty years, so I could one day exposé them. This is funny. Checker Finn and I founded the Educational Excellence Network in 1981. We published screeds about declining standards for years. Note:
The in box. Illinois retirees. Don’t make rash moves.
Fred, A REMINDER that all professional insurance brokers have cautioned about making any change away from the State Healthcare Insurance Program until the terms of the new plan are known – you cannot go back to TRIP once you leave it. Early impressions from those in Springfield who have preliminary information suggest the Advantage Plan options may be good for most people. IEA is exploring with D
10-24-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: The Chicago way.. To truly understand Chicago and Illinois politics it is helpful to watch The Godfather. One and two. Not three. I never liked three. The first thing to understand is that there is no moral center to any of it. Abe Vigoda played Tessio. When it is discovered that Tessio has betrayed t