Uptown Notes

Yesterday the NYTimes ran an interesting Op-Ed piece on Charter Schools by Charles Murray entitled, “Why Charter Schools Fail the Test.” I read through it quickly and thought it to be arguing two main things: standardized tests were weak measures and that school choice was a democratic right. Sounds agreeable, right? But why was this written by Charles Murray author of the thinly veiled racist polemic The Bell Curve?

The recent death of Chris Jones, attributed to a gang in suburbia has sparked more hysteria about the violence, gangs, and most importantly race without mentioning race.

A Re-Post Jewel Woods’ article on Sarah Palin and Men’s votes from Alternet.org.

Yesterday Outgoing President George W. Bush gave a speech on the market at the Manhattan Institute, this is probably my [...]

So the big news in the Daily today is apparently Tony Saunders was ousted from the Black Student Union for [...]

It’s very common for anyone who visits me at my apartment to find me tuned into some unlikely TV programming. [...]