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They are thieves and I am furious

Pretty much every day I get mad. Yesterday, it was this in the Times, written by Erica Green: Charter Schools, Some With Billionaire Benefactors, Tap Coronavirus Relief Charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run, are securing coronavirus relief … Continue reading

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Let’s get even deeper into “libertarianism”

I was delighted with Paul Krugman’s column on “libertarianism.” That is, the Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy. That is, what Nancy MacLean’s terrific historical perspective, “Democracy in Chains,” digs into. The Big Lie. Krugman’s column came just as I … Continue reading

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Educating our children: not the way to do it

I’m so vehemently opposed to the deceit of “charter schools” (translation: pseudo private schools — some of them profit-making — which con parents and steal money from public school education), I read this, first on Twitter, and went nuts. So … Continue reading

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