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Flunk the Far Right
President Obama's inspirational back-to-school message to students today is getting eviscerated by critics as a conspiracy to indoctrinate the nation's children. When the president can't tell students to stay in school without causing an uproar, we've reached a new low.
Presidents and Pupils Don't Mix
Yes, the right's complaints about Obama's schoolhouse chat are cynical and paranoid. But there is a reasoned case for keeping him-and any president-out of the classroom.
In her latest critically acclaimed novel, On Beauty, Zadie Smith skewers academia for its pomposity. But the award-winning British writer can't see...
Sandwiches That Kill
Our children are now taught that a classmate might die right in front of them if they bring PB&J for lunch. Where were these kids when we were in school?
Why Did Israel Bomb a School?
NBC's Richard Engel reports that the Gaza school Israel bombed may have been used to store weapons, and gives the latest on a possible truce. Source: MSNBC
What to Tell the Children?
Talking to your kids about the crash.


















