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"If not now, then when?" |
Jun 2020
I wrote the piece below, about the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., almost six years
Facing a clouded future: options |
Dec 2009
Part II: The problem, and a glimpse at solutions we might consider
In this two-part essay, MIPFS...
Clear thinking: the school funding situation |
Apr 2010
One of the interesting things about doing local advocacy work is that it gives you a
We had hoped that the redrawn legislative districts would encourage moderation and compromise on education spending and policy issues. Evidently, we will need to keep waiting. So far, this year’s budget process consists of more posturing than governing, and there is no question that the costs of division and gamesmanship will continue to mount. In one of their first acts upon retaking control of the state House of Representatives, Republican leaders revealed their intended governing style: confrontation.