Education
Study: Virginity Pledges Don’t Work
Confirming what many have been saying for years, a new survey finds that teenagers who pledge to forgo sexual activity until marriage were just as likely to engage in premarital sex as those who do not. Adolescents who take the pledge are also less likely than their peers to use birth control or condoms when [...]
Obama on Iraq, Decimals and Poop
After his press conference on education at a Chicago elementary school, Barack Obama headed upstairs to chat with a small group of first- to fourth-graders, according to the pool report.
Somehow, the kids got out of him what reporters couldn’t: when asked by a child when he would bring troops home from Iraq, he said he [...]
Obama Taps Duncan as Education Secretary
Speaking in the American flag-adorned gym of Chicago’s Dodge Renaissance Academy, a public elementary school, President-elect Barack Obama named Arne Duncan as his secretary of education this morning.
Duncan (his first name is pronounced AR-nee), the CEO of the Chicago public school system, has a reputation as a consensus builder, having won friends in both the [...]
Progressives Could Lose a Small Battle to Win the Big War
Atrios, utilizing his trademark, uh, panache, offers a very well-reasoned response to the small but vocal segment of “the Left” who are angry about President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet choices so far:
Impotent Hippies Go After a Probable War Criminal
A couple months ago I reported that colleagues of torture-loving professor John Yoo at UC-Berkeley Law School were going after his tenure. The effort didn’t really go anywhere. But now, not content with one effort at sanction that won’t go anywhere, here comes the Berkeley City Council:
Berkeley’s City Council will delve into national policy again [...]
Obama to Middle Class: Help is on the Way
As expected, President-elect Barack Obama announced his picks to fill four of the top economic positions in his administration at a press conference today in Chicago.
None of the names came as a surprise, as all of them had leaked out over the course of the past week.
Obama selected: Timothy Geithner, the current head of the [...]
Boehner to Waxman: No on California Emission Changes
Well, it didn’t take long for House Republicans to recognize that having Henry Waxman atop the House Energy and Commerce Committee is a greater threat to the GOP’s agenda than having John Dingell perched there.
McCain Camp Buses in 4,000 Kids for Ohio Rally
As if it wasn’t embarrassing enough for Sen. John McCain when he called for Joe the Plumber to stand up and be recognized at a campaign rally in Defiance, OH., only to find out that Joe wasn’t there, it turns out that almost the entire crowd of 6,000 was forced to be there.
Top 10 Banned Books in America
The topic of book banning entered the national conversation since the public started hearing about Sarah Palin’s inquiry into censoring books at the Wasilla, Alaska, public library when she was mayor. (Check out the Mat-Su Frontiersman’s 1996 coverage of the controversy, dug up from the archives in Wasilla by TWI’s Laura McGann.)
At the time, [...]
Pig Lipstick and Sex-Ed
If there were any lingering doubts that Sen. John McCain has completely — and enthusiastically — abandoned his frequent pledge to run an “honorable campaign,” the events of the last 24 hours have laid them to rest.
First, there is the “lipstick on a pig” episode.
In case you missed it, it’s currently being discussed ad infinitum [...]
