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POPSHe's Being Judged On The Content Of His Character....
just now finally focusing on the details of Barack Obama. To the extent that his being black was ever supposed by anyone to be "scary" to white voters, that's now disappeared for all but the most entrenched, most irredeemable outright racists. Here's my message, then: America, you need not feel guilty for being afraid of Barack Obama. It's not racist to doubt his character and experience and judgment. It's not racist to conclude that they're lacking. He has already proved that a black man can run an entirely viable campaign for the presidency of the United States. Every one of us who looks forward to a post-racist, post-racial society — one in which we've ended racial discrimination because we've stopped discriminating on the basis of race — can be proud. But we can also refuse to vote for Barack Obama for reasons unrelated to race, and we can do so without feeling any guilt whatsoever. In his own mangled metaphor from the second debate, Barack Obama is still "green behind the ea
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POPSAre the Oldest the Smartest? In my family I'd say it's true. My sister is the smartest by far. As the youngest I'd say that I come in a close second and then my brother, the middle child. That's my take on things though minus the standardized testing.
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POPSThe case for standardized tests This month's Carnegie Perspectives has a persuasive argument in favor of institution-wide standardized subject testing (e.g. all Calculus I students ought to take the same final exam).
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