When white people, without any real experience working and living with people of other cultures and racial backgrounds, try to interact with minorities, the results can be awkward. Gov. Rick Scott welcomed…
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Race to the Top for Student Success Act
Florida Tribune reports This year’s version of a teacher merit pay bill sailed through the Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee last week. The bill has been retooled since last year. SB 736 will…
Stephen Nodine: Battle over re-trial begins
In the Mobile Press Register, former County Commissioner Stephen Nodine’s attorney is claiming misconduct by the prosecution in the first trial of Nodine for the murder of his girl friend, Angel Downs….
U.S. Chamber law firm plots against foes
While working on the Ed Schultz radio show yesterday, one of the stories covered was based by ThinkProgress on how a law firm representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Hunton and Williams,…
Giffords’ recovery is amazing
New York Times: Keeping up her rapid recovery, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been mouthing words, lip-syncing to songs, walking, sitting with excellent posture, and even talking on the phone to her astronaut…
How Facebook won in Egypt
Wael Ghonim worked a day job at Google, but at night he was organizing a revolution. In this week’s Newsweek, Mike Giglio on how the man once known only as El Shaheeed…
“Rick Scott lied”
Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell review Gov. Rick Scott’s budget and claims that the governor lied. On the campaign trail, Scott insisted that he would make no cuts to education. His budget…
BP subcontractors are now complaining
Biloxi Sun Herald: Subcontractors say they are owed millions for BP oil-disaster cleanup but the Texas company BP hired to oversee the work is months behind in paying. They made a lobbying…
Trend Alert: More revolts coming
For years, I have kept in contact with Gerald Celente, one of the best trend experts in the world. He is a political atheist, meaning he doesn’t worry about liberals, conservatives, Democrats…
U.S. senate bill would ban drug sold as bath salt
Reuters reports: Two drugs that produce a “meth-like” high and are being sold under the guise of “bath salts” would be banned as federally controlled substances under a bill unveiled by U.S….
Obamacare ruling expected today
Today, Judge Roger Vinson is expected to decide the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and 26…
Egypt on Fire
I received a link to this website from a colleague in the Middle East: “The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular…