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[America's Finest Blog] Please go here from now on ...

chris reed — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:48:00 -0500

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/blogs/americas-finest-blog/ Thanks, sorry for the hassles, please keep visiting me at the new URL. Chris...

[America's Finest Blog] Opposition to charters hits a pathetic new low, even for California

chris reed — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:54:00 -0500

Community groups and Los Angeles Unified officials on Tuesday condemned an anonymous flyer handed to Latino parents that threatened them with deportation if they supported plans to convert their neighborhood school to a charter. United Teachers Los Angeles denies responsibility,...

[America's Finest Blog] Forensic journalism 101: Last quote shows what reporter wants you to believe

chris reed — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:52:00 -0500

I'm back for now blogging with the old software. For years, I have believed that a reporter's last paragraph shows his real feelings. That's when I was a reporter, I tried to end my stories with benign stuff like "Supervisors...

[America's Finest Blog] Once again, sorry about the technical woes ...

chris reed — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:12:00 -0500

... this is the first time I've been able to log in since Monday night. But soon this will be fixed and I'll be back to the usual whining. Joel Anderson, I haven't forgotten that you're in your second month...

[America's Finest Blog] Sorry about technical woes keeping site down -- regular blogging resumes tomorrow

chris reed — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500

Thanks for the e-mails of concern. My blog lives on. Though pretty soon after a format change it's gonna be known as America's Finest blog, not America's Finest Blog. Nice conflict of interest, Al Gore. Maybe this explains why you...

[America's Finest Blog] What drove Gavin out? Let speculation begin

chris reed — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:33:00 -0400

Sac Bee: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made a surprise announcement Friday afternoon that he was dropping out of the gubernatorial race, leaving the Democrats with no declared candidate for the top statewide office. There's got to be a 50-50...

[America's Finest Blog] The most idiotic jury verdict of all time

chris reed — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:18:00 -0400

http://www.helenair.com/news/article_17304d04-c44f-11de-b8fa-001cc4c0328... Brandon Patch would be embarrassed by what his parents have done. Montana's state motto is "Oro y plata" -- "Gold and silver." Is should by "estúpido y estúpido." More here....

[America's Finest Blog] AG's spokesman told me surreptitious taping was illegal. Was he taping me when he told me that?

chris reed — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:59:00 -0400

The last time I spoke with Scott Gerber, spokesman for AG Jerry Brown, was about a month ago. I asked him why the AG's office was investigating not just ACORN but the fake pimp and fake prostitute who went to...

[America's Finest Blog] Prediction: Conventional wisdom on proposed state constitutional convention will be that delegate selection process is insane

chris reed — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:02:00 -0400

I laughed several times just reading Joe Mathews' explanation at Fox & Hounds of how the delegates will be chosen: Hold onto your hats. And take a deep breath. This is going to make your head hurt. There isn't one...

[America's Finest Blog] 'School quality is a function of school spending': Graphic proof this is a myth

chris reed — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:59:00 -0400

To those who say, well, this is misleading, federal spending may be going up, but local and state spending isn't: Wrong. Inflation-adjusted per-pupil spending in the U.S. is up at least 60 percent since the 1983 release of the...