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Affirmative Action at the White House

Blake Gottesman, aka ?Peanut,? Bush’s personal aide, is stepping down in August to attend Harvard Business School, despite the fact that he never finished college—a requirement for HBS. Did the president, who purports to be against affirmative action, pull some strings at his alma mater?

Posted on May 27, 2006 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


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Abstinence War Room

Check out this documentary about a faith-based abstinence program that religious-right forces installed in New Mexico public schools. Watch for the part about the covert “purity” war room.

Posted on May 24, 2006 READ MORE


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Jean Rohe Tells Olbermann About Her McCain K.O.

Our Truthdigger of the Week goes on MSNBC to share her story of standing up to Sen. John McCain.

Posted on May 23, 2006 READ MORE  |  13 COMMENTS


Student Tells Why She Ripped McCain as He Listened

Jean Rohe, the graduating senior at the New School University who spoke just before John McCain’s commencement speech explains why she “tore McCain’s speech apart before he even opened his mouth.”

Posted on May 20, 2006 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS


Soda Sales Will Stop in Most Public Schools

The nation’s largest beverage distributors have agreed to remove the sugary drinks from school vending machines and cafeterias. Bill Clinton brokered the deal.

Posted on May 3, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


Parents Sue School Over Same-Sex Fairy Tale

Two families have filed suit against a Massachusetts town and its public school system over a teacher’s reading of a gay-themed fairy tale to children.

Posted on Apr 28, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


Newspaper Punctures Myth of ‘the Boy Crisis’

The Washington Post refutes an earlier Newsweek cover story that claimed boys are falling badly behind girls in public school education.

Posted on Apr 11, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


Vatican Begins to Thaw on Evolution

The official Vatican newspaper lauds a judge in Pennsylvania for tossing intelligent design out of the classroom. Anyone hear the galloping of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? | story

Posted on Jan 18, 2006 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT


Intelligent Ruling on Intelligent Design

It’s good to know that some of our judges are standing up to the fundamentalists. A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled today that a public school district can’t require the inclusion of “intelligent design” in biology classes as an alternative to evolution. See story.

Posted on Dec 20, 2005 READ MORE  |  23 COMMENTS


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