The fallacy of learning languages | Being Latino Online Magazine

The fallacy of learning languages | Being Latino Online Magazine

The fallacy of learning languages

by Nicolle Morales Kern

by Nicolle Morales Kern

We’ve explored the importance of keeping Spanish alive and how learning other languages are food for your brain. With all the technological resources available to us, there really is no excuse to not learn another language. There is even an app to help you practice your desired language. If you go online, you can find meet-ups specifically for people who want to practice different languages. While you help someone learn English, you could be learning Spanish or German or Chinese.

This is in addition to the language-learning software and institutions that all exist with the goal of helping you learn new languages. So why aren’t we taking advantage of the possibilities?

It has become a widely accepted belief that it is extremely difficult for people to acquire new language skills after they pass a certain age. Many studies cite that cutoff age at 12 or 14 years. So if you don’t learn other languages when you are a child, you might as well give up now and stay a part of the English-only league.

The horrible truth about being Latino

by Ulises Silva

Depending on whom you ask, being Latino means many different–and oftentimes awful–things

Being Latino means that, unless you’re a young intern who saves a senator’s life, you’re not going to be invited to Jan Brewer’s next BBQ. It also means that, on your way to another Arizona BBQ, you might get pulled over if you commit the grievous offense of looking too brown.

Being Latino means you wake up knowing that you’ll see or hear at least one thing today that’ll make your blood boil, be it a state’s descent into xenophobic madness, or someone’s idea of good-natured humour.

Being Latino means that you’ll have to endure courageously anonymous comments on message boards about how you’re a stupid third world culture that’s accomplished nothing—ironically written by people who’d lose in the first round of a 2^ndgrade spelling bee.

Being Latino means that you’re the scapegoat de jour, the same way the Irish, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, and so on, were blamed for corrupting the very fabric of not only American identity, but the space-time continuum. So despite the fact

Overthrowing Democracy One City At A Time | Fighting Democrats!

Overthrowing Democracy One City At A Time | Fighting Democrats!

Overthrowing Democracy One City At A Time

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2011LEAVE A COMMENTWRITTEN BY STEPHEN D. FOSTER JR.

Last week, Benton Harbor, Michigan was subjected to a hostile government takeover by a single individual. Just over a month after Republican Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation that gave broad new powers to emergency financial managers appointed by the state of Michigan to run struggling cities and schools and the ability to terminate union contracts, it has finally happened. One of these emergency financial managers fired the entire democratically elected city government and took over as the virtual dictator of the city.

How can one man be given so much power? Because Republicans say so. Republicans are now declaring war against cities they deem unfit for democracy. With the power to wipe away elected officials and the power to basically abolish unions, these emergency financial managers are nothing more than unelected puppets that run cities the way Republican

Cinco de Mayo Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Cinco de Mayo Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Cinco de Mayo Resources Cinco de Mayo, May 5th, commemorates the defeat of the French by the Mexican Army in 1862. It’s a national holiday in Mexico, and is celebrated by Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans in the United States. I’ve just updated The Best Sites For ...

What A Great Social Studies Site… I’ve previously highlighted Glencoe’s online videos for social studies, but have now discovered that offer many more free resources to support all their social studies textbooks. They’re useful even if you don’t use their books, though, and they’re ...

Daytum — Part Two I posted about a site called Daytum two years ago — before it opened for the public. It’s a super-easy tool to use to visual any kind of data, though its primary purpose for people to use it to keep track of personal data. I had forgotten about it ...

What Are Your Favorite Language Learning Games (That Are Not Online) I’ve previously written about my favorite language-learning games that I use in the classroom (see Games Students Play: Using Classroom Games To Teach And To Learn). I’m planning to update that list, but thought I’d also ask teachers to share their ...

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD School Teacher in Washington Post: “13 REASONS I’M OUTRAGED”

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD School Teacher in Washington Post: “13 REASONS I’M OUTRAGED”

LAUSD School Teacher in Washington Post: “13 REASONS I’M OUTRAGED” By Kathie Marshall in Valerie Strauss’ Answer Sheet in the Washington Post | http://wapo.st/gvHeXj Posted at 04:00 AM ET, 04/21/2011 - This was written by Kathie Marshall, a veteran public school teacher in California. She is a a member of the Teacher ...

School Food stories without Jamie Oliver!: CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BANS HOME-PACKED LUNCHES Students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria. Huffington Post/HuffPost Food | http://huff.to/gandc5 04/11/11 - School lunches aren't what they used to be. ...

The California Majority Report // Koch Brothers/Americans for Prosperity's New Target: Middle Class Californians Pensions

The California Majority Report // Koch Brothers/Americans for Prosperity's New Target: Middle Class Californians Pensions

Koch Brothers/Americans for Prosperity's New Target: Middle Class Californians Pensions

The last time we heard from the Oklahoma-based Koch Brothers, they'd dumped $1 million into Prop 23, the Texas oil companies dirty energy proposition. That ballot measure went down in flames, losing by more votes than any other initiative in the United States.

But they're back. And you have to admire the moxie of these two billionaires, the world's 24th richest men, each worth $17.5 billion. The Oklahoma oil barons' conservative front group, Americans For Prosperity, is launching a "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous on Government Pensions" tour that will stop in Santa Clarita at Governor

Can We Close the Deficit By Just Raising Taxes? - E.D. Kain - American Times - Forbes

Can We Close the Deficit By Just Raising Taxes? - E.D. Kain - American Times - Forbes

Can We Close the Deficit By Just Raising Taxes?

by E.D. Kain

Megan McArdle argues that closing the deficit with taxes alone would mean an increase in everyone’s taxes by about one third. Kevin Drum points out that this isn’t actually a huge amount:

Page 65 of this CBO document provides estimates for how much income tax various people pay. The median family gets dinged for 3% of its income. A one-third increase means their income taxes would go up by….1% of their income. That’s not so much.

How about a family with twice the median income? That is, someone who’s pretty well off. They pay 13% of their income. A one-third increase means their taxes would go by 4% of their income. Again, this is far from catastrophic, especially since we’re talking about an increase phasing in over the course of many years.

Two points.

1) 1% of your income isn’t a ton, but tax increases (or cuts) certainly never break down evenly across the

The Barbell Economy

by E.D. Kain

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Via Reihan Salam, this piece in Slate by Annie Lowrey touches on the notion of an emerging ’service-class’ – Idiscussed this a bit yesterday. She writes:

Despite the gains and the rebounds and the upticks, though, it all adds up to a fairly bleak picture: The jobs we’re adding, for the most part, aren’t great ones. The National Employment Law Project took a closer look at employment and jobs-growth data in February. What it found wasn’t encouraging. The advocacy group says that just 14 percent of recent job growth comes from high-wage industries. About half comes from low-wage industries. According to NELP’s report, restaurants and food services businesses, “especially” fast food outlets, comprised 7 percent of hiring. And most gigs, NELP found, came “from rapid hiring by the temp industry,” meaning the

Could teachers veto charter option? | Thoughts on Public Education

Could teachers veto charter option? | Thoughts on Public Education

Could teachers veto charter option?

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Dispute over wording of Parent Trigger regulations

Posted on 4/22/11 • Categorized as Parent Trigger, Parent activism

By John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Teachers would have the power to nullify parents’ demands to restart their low-performing school as a charter school, based on a rewording from a previous draft of the Parent Trigger regulations.

The conflict in language, which infuriated parent advocates and pleased representatives of the California Teachers Association, was one of the more contentious points at a hearing Thursday before the State Board of Education on regulations for the parent empowerment law. By the end of a long day, the reason for the discrepancy between the past and current versions wasn’t clear, and the difference won’t be resolved until the Board votes on the final

The Nation: Teachers Are Not The Enemy : NPR

The Nation: Teachers Are Not The Enemy : NPR

The Nation: Teachers Are Not The Enemy As debates over educational reform movements and budget cuts unfold around the country, Michelle Fine and Pedro Noguera of *The Nation* argue that teachers are being unfairly slammed — the true problems facing public education are inequality and ...

The Root: Good Education Is A Right — Not A Crime Since January, two mothers — Ohio's Kelley Williams-Bolar and Connecticut's Tonya McDowell — have been charged with larceny for lying about their addresses so their children could attend good schools. Helena Andrews of *The Root* argues that a better ...

Queens Teacher: Eye on Education: Interview with Diane Ravitch

Queens Teacher: Eye on Education: Interview with Diane Ravitch

Eye on Education: Interview with Diane Ravitch

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CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: The Reform Plague

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Omni Prep Academy-North Pointe

Omni Prep Academy-North Pointe *SCHOOL'S OUT-TROUBLES AT OMNI PREP CHARTER SCHOOL LEAVE STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND TEACHERS IN LIMBO AND RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE REGULATED*; April 14, 2011; Memphis Flyer (TN) …[Courtney] Eskew and another kindergarten teacher ...

Philadelphia School Reform Commission *SRC CHAIR FACES CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST QUESTIONS;* April 19, 2011; Philadelphia Notebook (PA) Just over a month ago, the chairman of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission took part in a pivotal closed-door meeting to discuss the fate of a ...

Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania Charter School *RESIDENTS CONCERNED OVER CHARTER SCHOOL'S MAILINGS- SEVERAL READERS ARE REPORTING A POTENTIAL BIAS IN YOUNG SCHOLARS' APPLICATIONS PROCESS*; April 13, 2011; Baldwin-Whitehall Patch (Pittsburg, PA) …Young Scholars is accepting admissions ...

Twin Cities Academy High School *CHARTERS ASK FOR TOO MUCH INFO; SOME CHARTER SCHOOLS SEEK MORE DATA THAN THEY SHOULD ON PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS. OFFICIALS SEE NO SIGN IT IS USED TO DENY ADMISSION*; July 10, 2007; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) A St. Paul mom's concern about the ...

The New School *SCHOOL IN FALLBROOK SHUTS DOWN FOR GOOD, RELOCATING EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS TO TEMECULA *September 14, 2007 North County (San Diego, CA) Times TEMECULA - The board of directors of The New School, an embattled charter school that operated in downtown ...

Midland Academy Charter School *FORMER MIDLAND TEACHER SENTENCED IN CHILD SEX ASSAULT*; July 26, 2007; Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX) MIDLAND (AP) - A former Midland Academy Charter School teacher was sentenced to 26 years in prison Wednesday after a jury convicted him of two ...

Florida charter schools (proficiency levels not much higher) *DATA SHOWS STUDENT PROFICIENCY LEVELS NOT MUCH HIGHER AT CHARTER SCHOOLS*; December 14, 2010; The Florida Independent Florida legislators gathered last week to watch Waiting for Superman, a documentary that advances two solutions for the problems ...

Mexican American Community Services Agency (two schools) *SAN JOSE AGENCY SUES FORMER LEADERS, ALLEGING FINANCIAL MISAPPROPRIATION*; January 13, 2011; Oakland Tribune San Jose's troubled Mexican American Community Services Agency has sued its former chief executive, financial officer, accountant and ...

Texas Serenity Academy Charter School *ALDINE CHARTER SCHOOL SUES SUGAR LAND MAN*; December 2, 2010; Ultimate Fort Bend (TX) A charter school is suing after a former employee wrote himself a $240,000 check from the school’s account. Texas Serenity Academy Charter School filed a lawsuit ...

Texas Serenity Academy Charter School *ALDINE CHARTER SCHOOL SUES SUGAR LAND MAN*; December 2, 2010; Ultimate Fort Bend (TX) A charter school is suing after a former employee wrote himself a $240,000 check from the school’s account. Texas Serenity Academy Charter School filed a lawsuit ...

City View Charter School *EX-SCHOOL BOOKKEEPER ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT*; January 23, 2008; The Oregonian HILLSBORO -- The former bookkeeper of City View Charter School, who has a criminal record for stealing from charity, is under investigation on accusations of ...

Horizons K-8 Charter School *HORIZONS CHARTER FOUNDER FACING THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES*; November 13, 2007; DailyCamera.com (Boulder, CO) A founder of Boulder's Horizons K-8 Charter School has been arrested on suspicion of theft, forgery and embezzlement based on alleged ...

New Hope Institute of Science and Technology *FORMER CHARTER SCHOOL HEAD ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT INDICTMENT ALLEGES WOMAN STOLE MORE THAN $300,000 IN FEDERAL MONEY;* January 24, 2008; Associated Press The U.S. attorney's office accused the former head of a Milwaukee charter school Wednesday of ...

Allen Village School *INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI ON SEPT. 25: FORMER CHARTER SCHOOL PRESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO MORTGAGE, INVESTMENT FRAUDS;* September 25, 2006; US Fed News Service The U.S. Department of Justice's ...

New York City charter schools (don’t serve poorest kids) ** *STUDY FINDS NYC CHARTERS DON'T SERVE THE CITY'S POOREST*; WNYC, NY, January 16, 2011 New York City has long boasted of studies finding charter schools do a better job of educating low-income students than regular public schools. But a new study ...

Worcester (MA) charter schools *CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUND LACKING ON LEARNING GAP*; March 18, 2011; Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) WORCESTER — Data from two local charter schools showed the School Committee last night that the two schools are not likely to help solve the ...

Language Academy *CHARTER SCHOOL FACES FINANCIAL INQUIRY-THE SUPERINTENDENT ASKS FOR A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE LANGUAGE ACADEMY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WANTS TO KNOW IF IT'S EMBEZZLEMENT OR JUST BAD ACCOUNTING;* August 22, 2006; St. Petersburg Times (FL) LAND ...

Atlantic County (N.J.) charter schools (high failure rate) *AS MORE CHARTER SCHOOLS PLAN TO OPEN, SOUTH JERSEY'S TRACK RECORD SUGGESTS A TOUGH PATH AHEAD;* March 31, 2011; Press of Atlantic City (NJ) Three new charter schools in Atlantic County and one in Millville have been approved to open in September. ...

Pennsylvannia Leadership Charter School *ARREST MADE IN CHARTER SCHOOL LAPTOP THEFT; *September 16, 2010; The Daily Local News (Chester County, PA) EAST GOSHEN — An arrest has been made after the PA Leadership Charter School reported 37 laptops — valued at almost $30,000 — went missing ...

Red Apple Entheos Academy *TEACHER CHARGED IN THEFT;* Aug 17, 2010; Salt Lake Tribune (UT) A charter school teacher is accused of stealing $4,277 from his school’s bank account. The teacher, 34, allegedly went to a Wells Fargo Bank and emptied the bank account of the Red ...

Explorer Charter School *FORMER PRINCIPAL ARRESTED ON GRAND THEFT CHARGES; *January 6, 2009; WFTV (FL) BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- The former principal of Explorer Charter School, a Brevard County elementary and middle school, turned himself in at the Brevard County jail ...

Hoggetowne Middle School *FORMER CHARTER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED THEFT OF SCHOOL FUNDS; *October 14, 2009; Gainsville Sun (FL) The ex-principal of a local charter school faces felony charges for allegedly spending more than $18,000 in school funds for personal ...

New York City charter schools (less qualified for city's specialized high schools) *CHARTER SCHOOLKIDS' ELITE STATUS SLIPPING;* March 11, 2011; New York Post The percentage of charter-school eighth-graders who performed well enough to qualify for one of the city's specialized high schools has declined by nearly half since 2009, ...

Stone Creek Elementary *SCHOOL FOUNDER ARRESTED FOR THEFT;* July 19, 2007; Vail Daily AVON — As Stone Creek Elementary opened its doors to Eagle County kids last fall, its founder was stealing money from the struggling charter school checking account, Avon police say. ...

Good Schools for All Leadership Academy *LOW ENROLLMENT CAUSES CHARTER SCHOOL TO CLOSE;* September 12, 2007; Palm Beach Post (FL) A week before classes were set to begin, Good Schools for All Leadership Academy chose to close its doors. The K-5 charter school, which operated out of the ...

Montessori Academy of Northern Palm Beach *CLASSES DISMISSED: 2 CHARTER SCHOOLS TO REMAIN CLOSED; *August 22, 2007; Palm Beach Post Two Palm Beach County elementary charter schools will remain empty today when classes resume across the district, officials said Tuesday. Montessori Academy ...

New Voyage Academy *STORMY END FOR CHARTER SCHOOL: NEW VOYAGE ACADEMY HAD FINANCIAL, STAFFING PROBLEMS; *March 18, 2006: Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) A St. Paul charter school plagued by management and financial problems was dissolved Friday, leaving about 50 ...

Martin Hughes Charter School *BUHL SCHOOL LOSES CHARTER, GOES PRIVATE; THE IRON RANGE OPERATION WAS MIRED IN A DISPUTE OVER WHO WAS IN CHARGE;* December 4, 2001; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) The Martin Hughes Charter School in Buhl, Minn., embattled for months over whether ...

Fort Snelling Academy *NEW CHARTER SCHOOL AT FORT SNELLING LOSING KIDS, CASH; *May 15, 2001; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) A charter school at Fort Snelling will end the school year early because of financial trouble. Classes at Fort Snelling Academy will end June 1 ...

Dakota Open Charter School *DAKOTA OPEN'S SECONDARY GRADES TO CLOSE;* September 16, 1997; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) The state Board of Education on Monday finalized a decision to close the secondary grades of the Dakota Open charter school, located on the Lower Sioux ...

Minnesota Business Academy *BUSINESS CHARTER SCHOOL IS CLOSING; THE MINNESOTA BUSINESS ACADEMY IS THE LATEST CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE STATE TO FAIL BECAUSE ENROLLMENT NEVER HIT PROJECTIONS;* April 28, 2006; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Another Minnesota charter school is ...

Success Academy (two campuses) *CHARTER SCHOOL LEFT $1.2 MILLION DEBT; SUCCESS ACADEMY IN ST. PAUL LEFT A TRAIL OF FINANCIAL DEBRIS*, AN AUDITOR'S REPORT FOUND; December 30, 2000; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Before losing its charter and closing its doors last spring, the Success ...

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Just Say No, Newark

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Just Say No, Newark

Just Say No, Newark Thank you to Dora Taylor for the heads up. Dr. Goodloe-Johnson is one of two finalists for the superintendent job in Newark, New Jersey (the other is a TFA person). The story is at NJ.com. Apparently Dr. Goodloe-Johnson wouldn't go on record with the ...

Crosscut Education Op-Eds There were a couple of new op-eds in Crosscut this week. The first one is from Representative Reuven Carlyle who is not happy that his Teach for America for principals bill went down. He first talks about what he got done last year and what his ...

No data will be destroyed in statewide election recount. Hand recount in 31 counties in Wisconsin where voting machines are too old to back up data. | blue cheddar.

No data will be destroyed in statewide election recount. Hand recount in 31 counties in Wisconsin where voting machines are too old to back up data. | blue cheddar.

No data will be destroyed in statewide election recount. Hand recount in 31 counties in Wisconsin where voting machines are too old to back up data. Despite combative talk from Prosser and his attorneys, yesterday both sides sat down with Judge Neiss to find a plan pleasing to all that enables a statewide recount of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. I’m relieved that all election data from April 5 ...

Video of Jim Troupis on Wisconsin Recount, Supreme Court Race: Why didn’t you block her? Here’s an interview of Jim Troupis, an attorney for David Prosser. You’ll notice that at the 30 second mark, the reporters really badger Troupis about why he did not work harder to block Joanne Kloppenburg from the recount. Of course it is fair to ask ...

Kloppenburg Campaign Manager files complaint against Waukesha County Clerk The complaint – which you can see in full HERE – runs through facts that are stunning to see in all of their collected negligent and/or criminal glory, including some that are brand new for me. At the conclusion of the document, Joanne Kloppenburg’s ...

Modern School: Broad’s Oakland Financial Martial Law Massacre

Modern School: Broad’s Oakland Financial Martial Law Massacre

Today in Labor History: April 22 *April 22, 1526* –The first known slave revolt in American occurred, just eight years after the first slaves were brought from Africa to the Americas. (From the Daily Bleed) *April 22, 1897* – The anarchist Pietro Acciarito attempted to stab the king ...

Broad’s Oakland Financial Martial Law Massacre Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons In 2003, Oakland Unified School District was placed into receivership and bailed out by the state of California to the tune of $100 million. Accused of incompetence and financial mismanagement, a financial manager, ...

Fundamentalist Nut Tries To Enforce Ignorance in California Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons Assemblyman Allan Mansoor, Republican, Costa Mesa, is introducing Assembly Bill 1348 to the California State Legislature. The Parental Oversight and Involvement Act would require schools to “receive affirmative ...

Checks aren’t quite in the mail | EdNewsColorado

Checks aren’t quite in the mail | EdNewsColorado

Friday Churn: Earth Day [image: Daily Churn logo]What’s churning: *Those youngsters in recycled paper hats* in Northwest Denver are helping to “green the neighborhood” as they walk to school this morning. Students from Edison Elementary and Brown International Academy are ...

Checks aren’t quite in the mail State school districts got some good news Thursday when the House gave preliminary approval to an amended version of the school finance act. The House plan could shrink the $250 million cut districts faced in 2011-12 based on the version of Senate ...

SBE goes for local candidates The State Board of Education has tapped two familiar names as finalists for Colorado commissioner of education. John Barry, Aurora schools superintendent, and Robert Hammond, currently serving as commissioner, were named as finalists on a 7-0 board ...

Democurmudgeon: Conservative Radio Wind Bagger Vicki McKenna to Madison; "You don't deserve to be the Capitol city."

Democurmudgeon: Conservative Radio Wind Bagger Vicki McKenna to Madison; "You don't deserve to be the Capitol city."

Conservative Radio Wind Bagger Vicki McKenna to Madison; "You don't deserve to be the Capitol city." After convincing herself the police and fire departments are no longer protecting conservatives, Americans for Prosperity's WIBA radio superstar Vicki McKenna believes Madison doesn't deserve to be the Capitol city. *"People in state government need to ...

Job losses and tax cuts. Look at the claims, and facts. Rep. Tom Graves is pushing the concept of idiocy, to Michele Bachmann heights, with another of his overly rehearsed talking point claims about job losses under the Obama administration. Only this time, he didn't get away with it. Ed Schultz put the ...

Paul Ryan's "Crude" Side... This short segment said all that needed to be said about Rep. Paul Ryan priorities, Rachel Maddow: Here's an ad that takes a nice shot at Ryan's plans for Social Security, "WorktilweDie."

The low down on Wisconsin Voter ID, other states, and Republican voter suppression campaign.. Rachel Maddow details how dramatic the Voter ID movement is, and possible court challenges. Kansas State Rep. Ann Mah points out many of the major drawback that will snag everyone, including conservatives.

Remember when...The Governors Races from 1986 though 2006. Here's a screen shot of on unbelievable, but real, Tommy Thompson win. Check out the *interactive map* in case this image is too unsettling.

Democratic Chair Mike Tate Predicts Successful Challenge on recall petitions against Democrats. Here's an update on the possible illegal recall petitions coming from Republican operatives: *TPM: Wisconsin Democrats ... are now firing back at the Republican counter-campaigns to recall the Dems. On a conference call with reporters on Thursday ...

A Shot...to recall State Senator Robert Wirch? Drink Up? The Huffington Post had this story of possible recall chicanery: *According to a draft of the Democratic complaint to the GAB, obtained by The Huffington Post from a Democratic source, a woman who was at John's Main Event, a tavern in Burlington, Wis., ...

UPDATE: Called off!!! Prosser NOT fighting Legal Right to Recount...he does know the law, finally? *UPDATE:* Prosser has decided not to challenge recount. Think the explanation below might have had something to do with it? Earlier: We’ve heard it all before; the liberals are using the courts to delay the legislative will of the people. But wait, ...

Walker's Financial Martial Law Denial Doesn't include Fitzgerald brothers, Powerful Conservative Supporters Writing Plan. Though Gov. Walker will deny it, the plans for taking over local governments is charging ahead. From the great reporting by Forbes' Rick Ungar, this update: *On Saturday, I posted a piece here on The Policy Page entitled, “Governor Scott Walker ...