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Published: 11/18/10

Mark Twain, Tom Friedman, and Quotations Too Good to Be Correctly Attributed

By  Carl M. Cannon - Politics Daily
Mark Twain, Tom Friedman, and Quotations Too Good to Be Correctly Attributed

One of the hazards of fact-checking others -- or dressing down politicians who peddle preposterously bogus material -- is spreading your own misinformation while doing so. This was the booby trap Thomas L. Friedman and the New York Times set for themselves Tuesday in a column headlined, unfortunately, "Too Good to Check." I yield to no one in my admiration for Friedman, with whom I covered the White House in the Clinton years and later interviewed. As far as I know, I'm the only one who ever put forward Tom's name for consideration of the Nobel Peace Prize -- my thought being that he hardly ...

Published: 05/24/10

Volunteerism and Cash-Strapped Britain: Are U.S.-Style PTAs on the Way?

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
Volunteerism and Cash-Strapped Britain: Are U.S.-Style PTAs on the Way?

While reading the New York Times Motherlode blog the other day, I was struck by a piece about current trends in American education. Apparently, many public school districts in the United States are increasingly turning to parents in order to cover budgetary shortfalls. In some cases, it's the parent-teacher associations that are spearheading the movement to make up for things like teacher's salaries and supplies when school boards can't. In other cases, schools are making direct appeals to parents for monetary contributions, sometimes making them mandatory. There's a lot to say about this ...

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