Choosing Democracy

| A Growing Wariness About Money in Politics By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 29, 2005; A01 http://www....

The Press: The Enemy Within By Michael Massing New York Review of Books Volume 52, Number 20 December 15, 2005 The past few months have witn...

"We had good intentions..."--Gates Leader “I think it’s fair to say we’ve learned a number of important lessons, and it’s quite ...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-takeover21nov21,0,7438973.story?coll=la-home-local THE STATE Mayor Talks Tough to Push School Takeov...

First, thank you so much to everyone who came out and made our screening of Wal-Mart: The High Price of Low Cost such a tremendous success! ...

Calif. Schools Progress? Reality Check: Expectations For California Students Outstrip Resources

State Sets Tougher Academic Standards Than ...

Students, Teachers and Public Schools Winners as Voters Reject Governor's Agenda and 'Special Interest' Initiatives November 9,...

Arnold Terminates Himself By Harold Meyerson The Washington Post Thursday 10 November 2005 Los Angeles - Arnold Schwarzenegger's...

The End of News? By Michael Massing http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18516 [Cut] The developments at the Tribune Company mirror those in the ...

Scholar Cornel West to speak on race issues Cornel West Black activist and philosopher Cornel West, author of the best-selling book Race Ma...

Dan Weintraub gives a detailed accounting of the last campaign. He is descriptive of the governor's role and the internal debates. He d...

This is an excerpt from an essay by William Grieder. He refers to the Washington media elite. He could as well be writing about Sacramento ...

We beat Arnold. Now, we can celebrate. Enjoy the sites. Duane http://www.thefrown.com/frowners/becomerepublican.swf http://www.schwarzenegge...

We won the election with hard work and appeals to the voters. That is excellent. Now we have won this election and we deserve to be proud o...

We Did it — Against all the Odds Message from CFA on the Special Election VICTORY ON ALL FOUR MEASURES FOR UNIONS AND WORKING PEOPLE Back in...

We won our key battles yesterday. Arnold's educational advisors lost. We should celebrate! From the Secretary of State's office. S...

Poor Dan Weintraub. As an opinion columnist he is charged with presenting a point of view on a topic and providing evidence for his argument...

Supporters of Proposition 74 assert that teachers must be held to the “same standards” as other professionals. If we use this logic, then w...

Wed. Only Proposition 74 is now opposed by fewer than half of the likely voters. Yes No Proposition 74 (school teachers) Yes 45% No ...

For your information. The news story below reveals that the actual case of a teacher dismissal referred to in the Yes on Prop.74 ad by Marg...