Linda Greenhouse has a fascinating piece re ACA
for those who do not know, Greenhouse was the long-time Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times who won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for her beat reporting. Since taking an early buyout she has been a senior fellow and journalist in residence at Yale Law, from which she got her legal training after graduating from Radcliffe College in 1967. Her piece is occasioned by the decision of the Supreme
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Kristof asks "Where is the Love?"
in this New York Times column for Thanksgiving. Trust me, it is well worth the read. He wrote it in response to those who criticized him when he recently wrote about about food stamp recipients, the uninsured and prison inmates (and he provides links to those columns in the piece). He provides data that answers their criticism. Much of that data will be familiar to people here. He acknowledges th
11-27-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: Teaching - Giving Thanks to studentsFor me, teaching is more about relationship that it is about content or skill. That is, unless I can build a relationship where students will trust me, it is hard to challenge them to the kind of intellectual growth that really matters, which is far more than memorizing facts or performing well on various tests, mine or those imposed fr
