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From Slate’s review of Dianne Ravitch’s new book, in which the former advocate of No Child Left Behind and charter schools admits they’ve failed. Excerpt: The data, as Ravitch says, disappoints on other fronts, too–not least in failing to confirm high hopes for charter schools, whose freedom from union rules was supposed to make them…

An old friend and fellow Louisiana expat passes this story along to me this morning: My aunt has a social worker friend. This friend was checking on one of her clients who is developmentally disabled and lives by himself. While checking on him, she heard thumping noises coming out of his bedroom. When she questioned…

When I posted a few weeks ago this link to a Newsweek piece in praise of Rielle Hunter’s silence, I speculated timidly but hopefully (along with the author) that her silence in the sordid John Edwards matter perhaps indicated that she had matured. Well — surprise, surprise! — I was wrong. The predatory, gold-digging stalker…

My USA Today guest column argues that the news media are failing to treat religion with the seriousness it deserves when journalists approach minority religions with kid gloves. Excerpt: A culture’s metaphysical dream tells us a lot about its strengths and weaknesses. One is not required to make a theological judgment about voodoo — or…
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