Monthly Archives: April 2011

Hello world!

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Welcome to WordPress.com. After you read this, you should delete and write your own post, with a new title above. Or hit Add New on the left (of the admin dashboard) to start a fresh post. Here are some suggestions … Continue reading →

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Four Fails + One FTW: It's Our Fault That Tone Deaf Children Are Our Future

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

FAIL: The New York Times Stumbles Out Of The Gate, Trying To Get The Toothpaste Back In The Tube By now, some of the more voracious readers of the internet may have been hit with the Pay Us Now ultimatum … Continue reading →

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My Problem With WhiteGrlProblems

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

The Twitter account @WhiteGrlProblem has become something of A Thing recently, thanks first to re-tweets by actress Emma Roberts and later to Time Magazine, who named it number three on their list of 140 Best Twitter Feeds. For those who … Continue reading →

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If You Overemphasize Test Scores, Don’t Be Surprised When People Cheat to Raise Them

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Last Monday, Michelle Rhee condemned a USA Today investigation of the successes that Washington, DC, public schools achieved under her tenure. From 2006 to 2010, most of which saw Rhee as chancellor, the percentage of students in Crosby S. Noyes … Continue reading →

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Where Are Your Grocery Dollars Going?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

In March, the USDA released the newest figures in a series of data entitled The Food Dollar; an annual breakdown of food prices that tracks where each dollar spent on groceries actually goes.  The results are startling.  For 2008 (the … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Offending

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

“Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions.” –Staffan de Mistura, the top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan, who is wrong about that. It feels weird having to defend a bizarre, craven Christian-supremacist.

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Because We Like Our Tofu Well Done

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, “Son, go work today in my vineyard.” He answered, “I will not,” but afterward he changed his mind, and went. He came … Continue reading →

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