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The Blogs to Note list, which serves as our blogroll, is a moving object.  Literally and figuratively. Literally, because the blogs which appear on the homepage are pulled randomly from the full list with each page view, refreshed at some interval.  So the list you see...

Yesterday the Chicago Public Schools announced 61 school building closures, including 52 elementary schools, due to a $1 billion budget deficit. This is the largest closing in the district's history, and the reaction from the teachers union has been swift. A few weeks ago, noted radical organizer...

Maybe it's because a group of Tea Party / conservative bloggers helped launch Marco Rubio's primary fight against Charlie Crist, in a story rarely told anywhere except here, Give Some Credit To “Not One Red Cent”.  That group of scrappy misfits (I'm going to catch...

President Obama is in the Mideast, geographically not all that far from where Bashar Assad may be using chemical weapons against his own people. Verification of that would be a “red line” for the administration to get involved militarily—something the president wants to avoid after the...

This story ran on March 1, but it's worth highlighting. Duke Energy just forgave $10 in debt owed it by the Democratic National Committee related to the 2012 national convention in Charlotte. Via The Charlotte Observer, Duke Energy won't be repaid $10 million from DNC Duke Energy won’t...

As the special election heats up in Illinois’ 2nd district, issues such as gun control have elevated the race to one of national significance. Since her primary win, Democratic candidate Robin Kelly’s been MIA, no doubt assuming she’s got this race in the bag.  Paul McKinley,...