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No Child Left Behind, "school choice," "recovery school districts," and Common Core are what the United States has done to solve the education "crisis." Mind you, the "crisis" is that the United States is not number one in education.

My first boss at The Washington Post could be an impossible woman. Mercurial and secretive, Meg Greenfield, the editorial page editor, was a terrible manager of people. She knew how to hire them, but she didn’t know how to nurture them, guide them or fire them. Or maybe she just didn’t want to learn.

If you made a mistake, or overlooked something, or didn’t follow through, or just wore too much perfume, her response was to give you the silent treatment. It was a deep, deep freeze that could last months. I think one editorial writer went more than a year entombed in a glacier.

My first boss at The Washington Post could be an impossible woman. Mercurial and secretive, Meg Greenfield, the editorial page editor, was a terrible manager of people. She knew how to hire them, but she didn’t know how to nurture them, guide them or fire them. Or maybe she just didn’t want to learn.

If you made a mistake, or overlooked something, or didn’t follow through, or just wore too much perfume, her response was to give you the silent treatment. It was a deep, deep freeze that could last months. I think one editorial writer went more than a year entombed in a glacier.

At the corner of a Protestant and a Catholic street in Belfast, goes a joke recounted by the sociologist Olivier Roy in Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways, a Bangladeshi grocer opens a store to serve both communities.

At the corner of a Protestant and a Catholic street in Belfast, goes a joke recounted by the sociologist Olivier Roy in Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways, a Bangladeshi grocer opens a store to serve both communities.

Since Karl Rove first turned up as a youthful dirty trickster for the Nixon campaign in 1972, his underhanded attacks have always been calculating. When he decided that he would question whether the fall and concussion Hillary Clinton suffered in 2012 to try to disqualify her from consideration for the presidency, it was only his latest cynical move.

Since Karl Rove first turned up as a youthful dirty trickster for the Nixon campaign in 1972, his underhanded attacks have always been calculating. When he decided that he would question whether the fall and concussion Hillary Clinton suffered in 2012 to try to disqualify her from consideration for the presidency, it was only his latest cynical move.

I’ve reached the far side of baldness. All that’s left is to ruthlessly shear off the remaining tufts that sprinkle the top of my cranium like a parched croquet lawn. The Mitchell brothers on EastEnders pioneered that tough-guy approach – all over with a Number 1.

I’ve reached the far side of baldness. All that’s left is to ruthlessly shear off the remaining tufts that sprinkle the top of my cranium like a parched croquet lawn. The Mitchell brothers on EastEnders pioneered that tough-guy approach – all over with a Number 1.

As the rest of Europe watched on, Russia was booed a number of times during the Eurovision Song Contest tonight. When the country “phoned in” to deliver its top three votes, the crowd could be heard booing the Russian spokesman as she attempted to read out the country’s results from Moscow.

After Russia delivered its vote – giving a full 12 points to neighbouring Belarus, 10 to Azerbaijan and eight to Armenia – the crowd could still be heard booing.