What's wrong with this picture? I'm not sure this is much of a bargain.
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Grassroots, my Progressive Populist column, is on the move to bring some accountability to Wall Street.
This is not a good start, as far as I am concerned, appointing one of the more conservative Republicans in the state and its biggest advocate for school vouchers as commissioner of education.
Brett Schundler, former mayor of Jersey City, remains an advocate — but then, so is Gov. Chris Christie. But the voucher issue was not one that was front and center during a campaign focused on one issue — taxes — and needs to be explored during the confirmation process.
Schundler needs to be asked tough questions about school choice — not just about how it improves education for some, but what happens to the schools that lose students. It is easy to say that competition will improve all schools, but that is not how it is going to work.
Dispatches is available online — on Obama’s first year in office.
Most of the state’s papers have said this about the three abstaining Democrats, but I think Al Doblin puts it best — because he reminds readers that Sen. Steven Sweeney is about to take over as senate president. Voting no was bad enough — and there were 20 who did so — but abstaining was the height of cowardice that no apology can offset.
