Author: David Adesnik

By May 07,2009

x=3.5

Sonny, shouldn’t your sample equations that have integers as their solutions? Anyhow, on the subject of teacher accountability, let me throw two links your way.  First, there’s an article in...

By Apr 23,2009

Hayden on Waterboarding

Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA, walked a fine line this past Sunday on the question of whether waterboarding is torture. His message seemed to be, “I know...

By Apr 21,2009

Demolish West Point!

Yes, serious journalist Thomas Ricks really did propose shutting down the United States Military Academy, aka West Point. Ricks wants to shut down the Naval Academy (aka Annapolis) and the...

By Apr 21,2009

Torture

I’m trying to get my head around both the recently released memos and the issue as a whole. I believe that torture is wrong and that it doesn’t work. But...