Exclusive: Treasury’s TARP, AIG Bailout Costs Fall to $30 Billion
From about $700 billion to $30 billion. I would be dancing in the streets, but I am skeptical. Is this funny Washington, DC math, again? One thing is sure – our government experts do not understand national economics. But then, did they ever?
Karzai’s Kin Use Ties to Gain Power in Afghanistan
As in Vietnam, we are backing a corrupt leader. I do not believe any of this is going to protect us from Al Quida, Taliban. . . .. If this Afghanistan adventure isn’t so tragic, I would say this is funny.
“Everyone aimed at security: no one accepted responsibility”.
It is time we had a choice other than Democrats and Republicans. I like to see at least 2 more national parties.
Political inbreeding has made it difficult to distinguish the 2 parties. How many situations do you know where there are only 2 choices? OK, I grant you, there are only 2 sexes- but, that is nature, but not nurture. Comments?
Making Math Lessons as Easy as 1, Pause, 2, Pause …
The reporter failed to inform the reader what this SingaporeMath is all about, except that they go slow, focusing on one number at a time. The study of math is all about understanding the concepts; mostly math is taught in a “mechanical” way: Teaching a kid to get the correct answer, as in standardized tests. It is akin to a Pavlovian response- you fling the “frisbee”, and the dog “catches” it, without fail each time. I wonder if the dog understands what is involved. As a grad student, I took advanced differential equations more than 30 years ago. I felt like that dog: I aced my tests, but often did not understand or relate to the steps I took to get to the so called “correct” answer.
House Passes 9/11 Health Care Bill
This is wonderful. Finally, the brave people who the rushed to help those in need, without regard to their own safety, will get some help, when the Senate approves the same idea. People: Write your Senator to make it happen.
“Opposing the measure were 157 Republicans and three Democrats” Who are these people? Do they deserve to be reelected?
Stop torturing our children with more schooling
For educational reform to succeed, we need the rigor of the discipline that standardized tests brings to the class room, but let us also give them- our kids- a chance to dream and be creative.
I know something about education having been been professor at several universities for more than 3 decades. Let us first look at it from a common sense perspective: What cannot be achieved in 9 months will not be magically achieved in 10 months.
Educational reform will work only when these 3 key things are in place: a good curriculum, good teachers and good support at home. The reform does not address this last issue, which President Obama correctly points out is important. My suggestion is that schools provide after hours “tutoring” to students whose home environments are not conducive to learning.
And please, do not make standardized test scores the holy grail of educational reform. These tests scores comprise only one aspect of learning. It does not measure creativity. Indian K-12 education, which I know from personal experience, is evaluated solely on standard test scores. There is little creativity.
Note the stationary ad for ED promotion while this attractive young female doc talks about cholesterol and HD. Is this an infomercial on cholesterol and heart disease (HD), or an attempt to sell ED (erectile dysfunction) drugs to men with HD? You be the judge. Comments?
Be skeptical of the crocodile tears the ruling elite shed over our soldiers.
Didn’t we fight for Kandahar about 8 years ago? Useless spilling of American blood. “So far this year, 354 American soldiers have died in Afghanistan, more than the 317 who died in all of 2009″.These statistics should enrage all Americans.
Write your Congress to bring our “boys and girls” back with out any delay.
This article is by Jacob S. Hacker (a professor of political science at Yale) and Carl DeTorres (a graphic designer). It is worth your time (a few minutes, at most) to read it, and see if you want to fight the Republicans’ plan to “mess” with this Reform. Don’t let their latest ploy- Pledge to America -fool you. I plan to post other opinions, especially opposing views about this new law. As the famous journalist Walt Lippman wrote: “The truth emerges only from a collection of opinions”.
