Rishawn Biddle
As a presidential aspirant last year, Barack Obama gained the support of the National Education Association — and the scorn of school choice activists — when he declared his skepticism of the school choice and accountability measures in the No…
Adrian Fenty may well win re-election as Washington, D.C.’s mayor. But he hasn’t exactly lived up to his squeaky clean reform reputation. A refusal to cut pet programs amid a $666 million budget shortfall in the upcoming budget made him…
California residents are all too familiar with fiscal imprudence and the lack of balanced budgeting. After all, this is home to the ongoing, litigation-plagued battle between the ex-action movie star-turned-governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the Democratic-controlled legislature over what kind of…
There wasn’t much celebration yesterday for Barack Obama’s nomination of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education from either the American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten (who praised Duncan for helping “students with the greatest needs”) or from National Education…
Even in Illinois, where the twin specters of political corruption and federal bribery convictions are as common as Lake Effect snow, Milorad Blagojevich now stands out for his rather inelegant — and seemingly inept — approach to chicanery. The governor,…
Given his previous stint as George W. Bush’ first budget director and ties to John McCain’s blundering presidential campaign, Mitch Daniels shouldn’t be winning a second term as Indiana’s governor. After all, several polls — including that conducted late last…
Neighborhoods allowed to bar taverns, proposed bans on trans fats in burgers, a controversial — and, now, rescinded — foie gras prohibition. These rules make Chicago the most restrictive city in the nation, according to Reason magazine. If you want…
You would expect high tech giants such as Microsoft, Cisco Systems, and the U.S. division of India’s tech support powerhouse, Infosys, to be among the biggest users of H-1B skilled-labor visas. The same holds true for universities such as Johns…
The students returning this fall to Hollywood High School in Los Angeles probably know more about such Tinseltown landmarks at the Walk of Fame than about the Doha Round of trade talks that collapsed for the umpteenth time last week….
NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg isn’t getting a lot of help these days in securing his legacy as mayor of New York City. The state’s otherwise dysfunctional legislature and new Gov. David Paterson dealt a blow to Bloomberg’s school reform…
