Ben Guest’s Blog

Mississippi

2008-05-16T14:28:08Z

Article in today's New York Times (emphasis is mine): Still, it would take a shift in the electoral dynamic — a substantial stumble by John McCain, for instance — for Mr. Obama to put in play a state like Mississippi, where whites gave John Kerr...

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MAEP

2008-04-24T13:54:45Z

MAEP, the basic funding formula for K-12 education in Mississippi, was fully funded today. Key quote: This is the first time lawmakers have fully funded MAEP, a complex formula that provides money to schools to meet midlevel performance goals, ou...

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Salute

2008-04-13T19:26:56Z

Does it seem right that we give the Pope a 21 gun salute? A crowd of up to 12,000 is due at the White House on Wednesday morning for the pope's official, pomp-filled arrival ceremony. It will feature the U.S. and Holy See anthems, a 21-gun salut...

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Links of the Week

2008-03-02T17:32:21Z

How does Consumer Reports buy all the products they tests? Through secret shoppers... Exxon still hasn't compensated those damaged by the Valdez spill 19 years ago. Chief Justice John Roberts doesn't see why they should... How dangerous is ...

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Links of the Week

2008-02-24T19:42:26Z

Give Kucinich his due. Intense, well-written account of the soldiers of Battle Company, waging a losing fight with insurgents in Afghanistan. And with the pressures of five and six tours in combat: As Giunta said, “The richest, most-trained a...

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Looking at America

2008-01-01T03:17:02Z

Last links of 2007: Wow. Devastating NYT editorial that sums up America in the Bush years. This is us. This is who we are... At the beginning of the War in Iraq, columnist Christopher Hitchens challenged young people to put their ideals forwa...

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Book Review: The Conscience of a Liberal

2007-11-27T00:19:19Z

I'm a big Paul Krugman fan (he appeals to my rational side because, as an economist at heart, he backs everything up with numbers). Between Krugman, Steven Levitt, David Berri, (as well as Malcolm Gladwell, who has written about all three), and ...

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Global Warming

2007-11-03T23:12:56Z

One of the world's pre-eminent scientists says that Gobal Warming is now irreversible. He expects 6 billion people to die in the next hundred years. "But for those who survive, I suspect it will be rather exciting..." Read the article here...

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What I'm Reading Now...

2007-10-14T00:51:35Z

Paul Krugman is one of my favorite columnists. This book is his recap of how big business and the ultra-rich have co-opted the Republican Party and, more importantly, this country. Krugman also keeps a blog that he updates frequently. Marion ...

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