The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and the Houghton Mifflin Company have published (2003) a book titled 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know. It’s an interesting list. Some words are used in science (chromosome, gamete, mitosis, quasar), some in history/politics (antebellum, gerrymander, laissez faire, oligarchy). Others are useful to understand modern society [...]
The following is the full text of a news release from USOE. I’ve added links to relevant documents; the final order is available too. SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah State Board of Education voted 10-4 today not to implement a voucher program in Utah based solely upon the provisions contained in House Bill 174, [...]
I’ve been meaning to write a small post taking the Deseret News to task for their biased and uninformed editorial on electronic voting. I didn’t get to it as quickly as I’d have liked—the voucher issue (in addition to a rather hectic work schedule) has kept me a bit busy. Today, Phil Windley commented on [...]
I’ve refrained from posting on the voucher debate for a variety of reasons. But I realized some of my comments on other blogs were longer than some of my posts here. The following comes with the hopefully unnecessary caveat that the opinions stated here are my own, and may not be representative of any group [...]
Much like Lee Benson, I exercised my freedom to not watch the Rocky/Hannity “debate.” In researching something else [1], I came across the following quotation which summarized my thoughts on tonight’s contest: “It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.” — William Gibbs McAdoo Guess neither of them will win this evening. [...]
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