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Marshall: A giant, not a punching bag

As a longtime acquaintance and professional observer of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, I believe I can accurately say that he is a strong supporter of integrated schools. But some nonTexans who may have read his remarks about Thurgood Marshall yesterday may have doubts. During the opening session of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings for […]

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Going to summer school

Although there is a lot of material swirling about – including Rep. Linda HarperBrown’s transportation problem and Rep. Leo “Arizona” Berman’s filing to run for speaker – I will not be blogging much, if at all, this week. I am in Nashville, attending the State Education Editors annual conference, a National Education Association event. You […]

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The Democrats’ views on public education

After posting the item the other day listing some of the ways in which the recently adopted Texas Republican Party platform would cripple public education, I received a comment from a reader challenging me to be “fair” and also post the “ultraliberal” Democratic education proposals. Well, I was planning to post portions of the Democratic […]

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Fiddling in China while El Paso burns

Emperor Nero supposedly fiddled while Rome burned. I don’t know. I wasn’t there. But I’ve always heard that story. These days, there are a lot of fires to put out in Texas, and one is raging in El Paso, where voters yesterday rejected a property tax increase sought by the El Paso ISD. Without the […]

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