In The News: It's finally 2009! The Omnibus Spending bill passes. Details. President Obama spells out his education plan, including merit raises for high performing (...by what standards? Whether their test scores conform?)teachers and 'remedial education requirements' for others. [Edit: March 11 2009, 17:10 PDT]

Are you a critical thinker? Quality thought is vital. So why don’t schools foster it? By Linda Elder from the March 12, 2009 edition, Christian Science Monitor Dillon Beach, Calif. - How can we hope to thoughtfully address the economic issues, conflicts, world poverty, and many other pressing concerns that trouble our planet, if we don't take the way we think seriously? We can't. To effectively deal with these issues, we must cultivate the spirit of critical thinking throughout human societies. Right now we are not even teaching the skills and dispositions of the critical mind in our schools. We are not cultivating the intellect. Everyone thinks; but we don't always think well. In fact, much of our thinking, left to itself, is sloppy, distorted, partial, uninformed, or prejudiced. Yet the quality of our life and all of the decisions we make depend precisely on the quality of our thought. At present, the act of thinking is virtually ignored. Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking that aims to take the reasoning we all do naturally to a higher level. It is the art of analyzing and evaluating with the goal of improving thought. When making a decision, it is the difference between weighing information to come to a logical conclusion and making snap judgments without understanding the information. Consider some of the great thinkers: H.L. Mencken, Tom Paine, Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Bertrand Russell, and Jane Austen. They became some of the greatest thinkers by not accepting information at face value, but by thinking deeply for themselves... [In Full @ CSM]

Five of the inmates at Guantanamo including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, convicted planner of the first (bombing) attack on the World Trade Center, say they are responsible for the 9/11 airplane attacks... and they are PROUD of it. Truth, or Dare? Free elections.... at least that's what the 'bosses' call them: 'Card Check' unions are becoming closer to reality as congress begins work on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Space shuttle Discovery flies tonight, delivering solar panels to produce electricity for additional crew members and more. Bay Area TV station, KTVU, has more on the issue discussed in the commentary] [After the commentary, a little 'Down Home' Salinas, by Larry Hosford... 'Raised among 'em'. Courtesy of the respective artists and KPIG radio Freedom California Earth]

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