Category Archives: Progressives

Charles Murray Shifts Nukes the Goalposts on Charter Schools

Posted on May 10, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Now testing doesn’t matter?
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Posted in Conservatives, Education, Progressives | 4 Comments

How “Race to the Top” Education ‘Reform’ Screwed Science Education

Posted on May 5, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

“…if [Pennsylvania] wants to compete successfully in the next round of RTT competition, then the state should downplay its focus on early childhood and science education, and put its efforts instead into categories that get more points…”
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Posted in Education, Fucking Morons, Massachusetts, Progressives | Comments Off on How “Race to the Top” Education ‘Reform’ Screwed Science Education

Post-Partisanship, Oil Drilling, and the Danger of Triangulating Against Your Rank and File

Posted on May 1, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Obama’s kinder, gentler “Drill, baby, drill” is looking short-sighted.
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Posted in Democrats, Environment, Oil, Progressives | 6 Comments

Lies, Damn Lies, and “Race to the Top” Education ‘Reform’: How MA Got Screwed

Posted on April 30, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

“Massachusetts’ willingness to permit the public to comment on its academic standards, combined with a few quirks in the weighting system, cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.”
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Posted in Education, Progressives | 2 Comments

Once Again, Professional Science Communicators Blame the Victim

Posted on April 19, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

This is as stupid as blaming a working ob/gyn for the lobbying failures of NARAL. By blaming generic ‘scientists’, Kirshenbaum simutaneously misidentifies the problem, while reinforcing negative stereotypes.
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Posted in News Media, Progressives | 13 Comments

Gov. Crist Shows Courage in Veto of ‘Teacher Accountability’ Bill

Posted on April 18, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

“I am not a puppet master; I can’t pull strings and make them perform…I can’t even make them come to school.”
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Posted in Education, Progressives | 23 Comments

Does Anyone Know If the HCR Does Anything to Stop Hospital Price Gouging? The Coakley Report Edition

Posted on March 22, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

This is old-fashioned monopoly power. Maybe it requires old-fashioned trust-busting?
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Posted in Healthcare, Massachusetts, Progressives | 5 Comments

Note to Krugman: This Is Not a Centrist Healthcare Bill

Posted on January 25, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

‘Progressives’ need to stop calling conservative programs centrist, when they’re not.
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Posted in Compulsive Centrist Disorder, Healthcare, Progressives, Propaganda | 17 Comments

Thoughts on Coakley’s Loss from a MA Democrat

Posted on January 20, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

All the Guinness in the world won’t make this go away–Intelligent Designer knows I tried… Seriously, the rank-and-file matter. And healthcare isn’t a winner in MA–I’ve been telling you that for two years. Thanks progressive policy wonks!
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Posted in Bidness, Democrats, Economics, Fucking Morons, Healthcare, Progressives | 8 Comments

The Failure of ‘Progressive Organizations’

Posted on January 17, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

We need new progressive organizations–at best, many of them have outlived their purpose. They certainly aren’t redeemable.
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Posted in Progressives | 10 Comments