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Thanks to Don Boudreaux for bringing this to my attention. It should be required viewing for American voters, parents, and politicians. [youtube]LLDb2V86Ei0[/youtube] more »

[Update: Coincidentally, since I wrote my note for today a couple of days ago, an article appears in the Denver Post today in which Board of Education Chairwoman Suckla argues against public discussion of the issue, and some people claim that the Board's… more »

re "Taxes Are Reassessed in Housing Slump as Prices Drop" (NY Times, 12/23/07) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/us/23tax.html?hp To the editor: It is exceptionally rare to find a government which deals with declining tax revenue by any method oth… more »

My father, who went to Columbia University about 25 years before I did, recently asked me to respond to an email that was being circulated among his class members. The initial question was about any "military experience" at Columbia, but as I didn't ser… more »

In response to this story about Valdosta State University expelling a student as "a clear and present danger" because he was protesting the building of new parking garages, Christopher sent the following letter to the President of the University as well… more »

PUBLISHED on the Denver Post eLetters web site: http://blogs.denverpost.com/eletters/2007/09/10/keeping-competitive-edge/ re "For principal, A for effort" (Denver Post editorial, 9/7/07) http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_6819891 To the Editor:… more »

On Tuesday, a couple of local radio talk show guys were discussing the recent move by some Colorado school districts to start the school year a week or ten days earlier, presumably to increase standardized test scores. I wrote a note to the talk show,… more »

PUBLISHED on the Rocky Mountain News online blog: http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/denver/letters/2007/08/bob_schaffer.html#more re "Schaffer denies conflict in Denver charter school vote" (Rocky Mountain News, 8/21) http://www.rockymountainnews.c… more »

re "Flat CSAP scores a bad sign for school reform" (Rocky Mountain News, 7/31/07) http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5652714,00.html The lesson which the public school bureaucracy should but almost certainly will not l… more »

This piece was submitted by a friend (and reader of these pages), Federico Genoese-Zerbi, who has done research on the value (or lack thereof) of sex education for young children. Senator Obama, in his recent suggestion that sex education be provided… more »