The blog of a teacher who is interested in everything.
“But dear God, we should not be putting civil rights issues to a popular vote to be subject to the sentiments, the passions of the day. No minority should have their rights subject to the passions and sentiments of the majority. This is a fundamental bedrock of what our nation stands for.”
Chris Christie, check your gay-marriage milkshake. Cory Booker just drank it.
Five minutes well spent.
Cory Booker without a teleprompter is better than Barak Obama with one.
“People forget that their knowledge is shaped by their specific time, culture and upbringing and is therefore, not necessarily true.”
“The difference between Firefly and the Republican debates? One presents a future where government crushes dissent. The other was cancelled.”
“The millionaires listening to Obama’s thoughts on taxing millionaires seem strangely unenthused. #sotu”
“So the republican choices are down to a Mormon who is not a polygamist and a Christian who wanted to be one.”
“Rick Perry had to do 3 things in his press conference: drop out, endorse Gingrich, and, uh … oops.”
“Awesome: the party that doesn’t believe in taxes will have a nominee who doesn’t pay any.”
“I wonder how many Presidential candidacies could be prevented if we got these people into scrapbooking instead.”
Simply beautiful. Anyone want to buy one of these for my classroom? I don’t think I have $40 of classroom funds left. (via The best American wall map: David Imus’ “The Essential Geography of the United States of America” - Slate Magazine)
“Dear Democrats: Okay, we get it! Obama was supposed to be perfect. Now, forgive him or you’re going to get another Republican in office.”
“IF THE $5.15 HOURLY minimum wage had risen at the same rate as CEO compensation since 1990, it would now stand at $23.03.”