Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Haven't updated in awhile, got a lot on the plate

But, I still wanted to drop a post regarding some ideas bouncing around in my head.

In no particular order, and remember now, these are mostly one line ideas that more than likely lack any validity at all.

- Is "school bashing", and by that I mean the consevative jeremiad regarding the continual decline of our public schools, just an attempt by conservatives to shift the blame for the stagnation in social mobility in this country since the rapid expansion of the gap between the wealthiest americans and the rest of us?

-this space reserved

-what was that thing we had a long conversation about the other day? Do you remember it? It was something about conservatives and what is wrong with this country.

-There is another review of Noah Feldman's book, this time up at Slate.com, but the reviewer really tiptoes around the points made therein.

-I really would like to get started researching more about the history of the United States Congress and the effects on representativeness and deliberative democracy by the artificial limitations on the number of representatives. I am not sure how though for the next two months. Sometime after Oct. 1, hopefully I will be able to hit that and hit it hard.

-Just as I predicted awhile back, Tax reform is going to be the next big thing. Neal Boortz already has a book out about it that is on amazon's best seller list, and I guarantee the republicans will push it when they get back. I realize congress is on recess, but what ever happened to Social Security Reform?


I am sure I have other thoughts, but that is what is going on right now.

Slow news summer.

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