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Somewhere in your neighborhood tonight, a teacher is working . . .

. . . and noting the quote mark should be outside the comma, “free time,” but grading on the thought and not the punctuation, this time. From The Teachers’ Room on Facebook. And in T… more →

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Somewhere in your neighborhood tonight, a teacher is working . . . — 2 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 2 weeks ago: . . . and noting the quote mark should be outside the comma, “free time,” but grading on … more →

Tags: Education, Teaching, Justice, Teachers, cscope, Politics, Teacher Appreciation Week

Out near Longview: Small district defense of CSCOPE and good lesson plans

Ed Darrell wrote 2 weeks ago: The nasty kerfuffle over a Texas lesson-planning aide, a comprehensive program called CSCOPE, may ha … more →

Tags: Education, TEKS, Texas, Curricula, Politics, Testing, Rampant stupidity, Teachers, McCarthyism

Once again, the Earth Day/Lenin hoax trotted out: Earth Day honors Earth, our majestic home -- not Lenin (2013 version) — 1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: This is mostly an encore post, repeated each year on April 22 — sad that it needs repeating. Y … more →

Tags: Science, Hoaxes, History, Environmental Protection, Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson, Vladimir Lenin

Shutup and read: Text of S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 — 7 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: Sen. Ted Cruz claims no one has read the text of S. 649, the Safe Communities and Safe Schools Act o … more →

Tags: U.S. Senate, Law, Politics, legislation, Second Amendment, U. S. Congress, police powers, Guns, national instant criminal background check system

So-called conservatives out of their minds -- still, but moreso: 3 reasons not to fear 'Brave New World' — 5 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: You can’t make up this kind of crazy.  This guy’s been Tweeting this to everyone he can … more →

Tags: History, Politics, Books, Literature, Rampant stupidity, reality, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, Big Brother

CSCOPE chart Glenn Beck doesn't want you to see — 3 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: . . . because he screwed it up. Thanks to Morgan Freeberg over at House of Eratosthenes — show … more →

Tags: Economics, Education, Teaching, Curricula, History, Politics, Teachers, cscope, Texas

More unintentional humor from Texas conservatives: Can't read charts on economic systems — 6 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: Mural in the Adams Building of the Library of Congress,m with Thomas Jefferson’s views on educ … more →

Tags: Education, Teaching, Curricula, History, lesson plans, Politics, Adam Smith, Rampant stupidity, Teachers

White House Easter Egg Roll tickets go to kids of military — 5 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 2 months ago: Not big news — they do this almost every year — but I want to put down the anchor on thi … more →

Tags: accuracy, Politics, Barack Obama, President Obama, White House, Michelle Obama, Easter Egg Roll

Obama H8rs complain, "Obama's not emperor!" — 109 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 3 months ago: Obama’s got good answers and is willing to discuss policy with American citizens; critics keep … more →

Tags: History, accuracy, Politics, Journalism, Immigration, Rampant stupidity, Blogs 2, State of the Union, President Obama

One more time: "Do we really know who Donald Trump is, or where he came from?" — 8 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 7 months ago: Donald Trump is at it again.  His $5 million offer to get Obama’s grades mystifies me, and irr … more →

Tags: Hoaxes, History Revisionism, History, Politics, President Obama, Gullibility, Donald Trump, cpac, CPAC gullibility

Agenda 21: In graphic novel form, so it must be the truth — 24 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 9 months ago: What is Agenda 21?  It’s a program at the United Nations to work on economic development, sust … more →

Tags: History, Politics, Environmental Protection, Conservation, United Nations, Texas, 2012 campaign, 2012 elections, Agenda 21

GOP fraud on voter ID — 14 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 9 months ago: Maverick philosopher, who probably wisely does not entertain comments at his blog, posted this today … more →

Tags: Civil Rights, History, Politics, Voting Rights Act, Martin Luther King, Voting, Voting, Rampant stupidity, Voting Rights Act of 1965

Bagley, and the thinking Republican's fear that President Obama will say "God bless America" — 1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Former Sen. Alan Simpson told Charlie Rose that he’s grateful President Obama didn’t off … more →

Tags: Politics, Campaigns, cartoons, President Obama, Republican Party, 2012 Campaigns, 2012 elections, Political Cartoons, Campaign 2012

Proud to be a liberal, JFK — 1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Somebody made a poster out of it: Quote from Sen. John F. Kennedy, September 14, 1960 You can read t … more →

Tags: History, Politics, Quotes, Famous Quotes, Campaigns, John F. Kennedy, presidential campaigns, Liberal, 1960 campaign

Plot to destroy the U.S. economy? — 9 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Clearly Rep. Allen West got duped. I hope this is a hoax — but I can’t even find a denia … more →

Tags: Politics, Conspiracy, Repubicans

Bill Moyers warns Rep. West against reviving McCarthyism in 2012 — 3 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Moyers has better historic video than I could find; Moyers is right on this issue.  Rep. Allen West … more →

Tags: Hoaxes, History, Politics, McCarthyism, Joseph McCarthy, Rep. Allen West, Bill Moyers & Co

Earth Day honors Earth, our majestic home -- not Lenin (2012 version) — 6 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: This is mostly an encore post — sad that it needs repeating. You could write it off to pareido … more →

Tags: Science, Hoaxes, History, Environmental Protection, Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson, Vladimir Lenin

ObamaCare: Making stuff up to complain about — 32 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: Collected on Facebook, April 16, 2012: It even offers a page and line — page 114, line 22. But … more →

Tags: Hoaxes, Politics, Health Care, Barack Obama, U. S. Congress, Congress, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act., patient protection affordable care act

No attempted political smear like an old attempted political smear — 35 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 1 year ago: This New York Times photo feature is making the e-mail and Facebook rounds of Republicans and anti-O … more →

Tags: Books, History, Hoaxes, Politics, President Obama, Rampant stupidity, Fareed Zakaria, Fareed Zakaria--GPS, Newsweek


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