Tuesday Open Thread
A bit of dark place I find myself in. Robin Williams , a giant talent who I saw twice live in San Francisco (and once in a little bookstore), killed himself. Very sad. Then there's the essay by Joe Williams of DFER who says that "Suburbs Hold Key to Resolving Democratic Party's Tensions over School Choice." It's hard to know which is worse - the idea that the "school choice" is the REAL issue among Dems (hint: it's not). Cue violins and wringing of hands - if only we could get the "huge swaths of black and Hispanic families" on the same page as " as the nation's soccer moms" where"no cul-de-sac left behind," why we'd all be singing Kumbaya, no? (Note to Mr. Williams, you may have missed the World Cup but those of us who watched and who know soccer as the world sport, know there are MILLIONS of black and Hispanic soccer moms.) According to Bazaar magazine, we have "the Savior in Seattle....