Feb

22

Teacher salaries tied to student performance — NEA writes that the idea is "stoopid"

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From WFTV.com: The Florida Board of Education unanimously approved Tuesday a plan that will grant bonuses to the state’s top teachers, an assessment that will primarily be based on how their students perform on standardized tests and other measurements. Now if we could just get many parents to give a damn about their kids’ school [...]

Feb

21

Reader email: Costas unwittingly diminishing Shani’s accomplishment?

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This from Todd G. of Cedar Falls, Iowa, concerning this week’s column at WorldNetDaily, “Bryant Gumbel, white courtesy phone“: Great article on Bryant Gumbel and Shani Davis…and did you notice that Bob Costas keeps calling Shani Davis the first “African-American” to win gold? I thought he was the first black in the world to win [...]

Feb

21

Reader email: Costas unwittingly diminishing Shani's accomplishment?

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This from Todd G. of Cedar Falls, Iowa, concerning this week’s column at WorldNetDaily, “Bryant Gumbel, white courtesy phone“: Great article on Bryant Gumbel and Shani Davis…and did you notice that Bob Costas keeps calling Shani Davis the first “African-American” to win gold? I thought he was the first black in the world to win [...]

Feb

20

A Spike in the heart of Hollywood execs

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Spike Lee says that Hollywood is a white man’s business, because African-Americans aren’t included as executives: “You go to any studio, the (only) black guy you are going to see is the guy at the gate. In Hollywood, there is not one African-American who is an executive that has gatekeeper position that could greenlight a [...]

Feb

20

Monday’s column: Bryant Gumbel was kinda right, in a way… sort of

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It’s Monday, which means it’s time for a column at WorldNetDaily. Fortunately, I remembered this at about noon yesterday and, with the Olympics on, thought it would be a good time to comment further about the Bryant Gumbel comment. When Bryant Gumbel said that the paucity of blacks at the Winter Games made it look [...]

Feb

20

Monday's column: Bryant Gumbel was kinda right, in a way… sort of

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It’s Monday, which means it’s time for a column at WorldNetDaily. Fortunately, I remembered this at about noon yesterday and, with the Olympics on, thought it would be a good time to comment further about the Bryant Gumbel comment. When Bryant Gumbel said that the paucity of blacks at the Winter Games made it look [...]

Feb

19

Monty Python Fans, Start Your TiVo’s

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And now, for something completely different: On February 22nd, PBS begins a couple of weeks worth of one-hour specials on Monty Python called “Monty Python’s Personal Best“. Six surviving members of the group pick their favorite moments. Stock up on Spam and Fosters and get ready for the most embarrassing tailgate party ever, my fellow [...]

Feb

19

Monty Python Fans, Start Your TiVo's

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And now, for something completely different: On February 22nd, PBS begins a couple of weeks worth of one-hour specials on Monty Python called “Monty Python’s Personal Best“. Six surviving members of the group pick their favorite moments. Stock up on Spam and Fosters and get ready for the most embarrassing tailgate party ever, my fellow [...]

Feb

19

“Bryant Gumbel, White Courtesy Phone”: Black Man Wins Gold, GOP Convention Canceled

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Just a few days ago, the host of HBO’s “Real Sports” program, Bryant Gumbel, said in closing one program that the Winter Olympics had a “paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention“. One member of that “paucity”, named Shani Davis, just won the gold for the U.S. in the [...]

Feb

19

"Bryant Gumbel, White Courtesy Phone": Black Man Wins Gold, GOP Convention Canceled

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Just a few days ago, the host of HBO’s “Real Sports” program, Bryant Gumbel, said in closing one program that the Winter Olympics had a “paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention“. One member of that “paucity”, named Shani Davis, just won the gold for the U.S. in the [...]

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