95% right is good enough
How sure do you need to be before you make a decision?
Are you the type of person who has to know the absolute right answer to your problems before doing anything?
If so, you may be wasting your time. Read more
Do Charter Schools Work?
Answer: it depends on the school.
And that, I would argue, is the problem.
Why?
Because the mere mention of the word “charter” often evokes connotations of “better” when it comes to education, especially in urban areas like my hometown of New Orleans where the quality of public education has been lacking for years.
And yet, as the Washington Post article below mentions, nationally, test scores from charter schools are about the same as scores from public schools. Read more
The roll of time
The sheer magnitude of time, as it ticks by relentlessly, is quite, well, to be exact, terrifying when faced in its nakedness.
I often notice, when I’m not busy, that in order to avoid the stark fear that comes with facing the moment as it is we, or at least I, resort to a variety of tricks to “fill the time.” I might eat something when I’m not hungry, work out, read, get on the internet (for the umpteenth time) to no apparent purpose. Read more
Discrimination Double Standard: Old People Fair Game
Why is John McCain’s age is a fair political issue but Barack Obama’s race isn’t and Hillary Clinton’s gender wasn’t?
Obviously, if McCain’s old age actually prevented him from being of sound mind and body that would be a valid concern. Read more
Either start saving or start learning Chinese and Hindi
Americans, individuals and the government, aren’t saving and are in deep debt.
Our national savings rate went negative in 2005 for a while and hasn’t gone over 3% during this century.[1] This is not good as most economists estimate national inflation to be about 2-3% on average per year and savings are the source of economic growth.[2]
As to debt, according to a USA Today article I read, every US household, when you take the national debt, Social Security and Medicare programs, and total consumer debt (credit cards, mortgages, car loans, student loans etc) owes about $628,391.[3] Read more
Why America is the greatest country in the entire world part two.
Headline from yesterday’s New York Times:
“Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts.”[1]
You tell me where else in the world terror suspects, people intent (allegedly) on destroying a nation, would be afforded the right to due to process by the very nation they are trying to destroy? Read more