Juniors improve, but score worse on test? ‘SCREWY’ Schools CEO Duncan calls results ‘impossible’ October 4, 2008 For the third year in a row, fewer Chicago public high school students passed their state exams …

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### Iraq War Cost

The Gross National Debt

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Reporter Curtis Morgan in a departure from Environmental columns, reported a cover story: New voting system not quite goof-proof.
With nightmares of hanging chads still dancing in my head, I noticed way into the article there was a startling revelation that scared me to death for the 2008 election:
“In Palm Beach, meanwhile, the legal battle […]

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Harry Emilio Gottlieb reminds us with these photos how vulnerable we are to flooding here in South Florida and how fragile our relationship is to the environment. Harry took these in Key Biscayne this morning (this post has an arbitrary time for blog placement, I posted these at 1:25pm).
It rained last night […]

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Senator Bernie Sanders reports “The wealthiest 400 people in our country saw their wealth increase by $670 billion while Bush has been president.”
Lucky we have Maverick. Here is the theme song from the show:
Maverick.
Who is the tall, dark stranger there? Maverick is the name. Ridin’ the trail to who knows where, Luck is his […]

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According to yesterday’s Palm Beach Post “Florida Power & Light’s effort to persuade regulators that nuclear power is a renewable energy suffered a blow Thursday when the staff of Florida’s Public Service Commission recommended against including nuclear in the state’s portfolio of green energy.”
FP&L believes nuclear should play a role and be counted towards it’s […]

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