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Posted by Michael | Nov 28, 2010 | Education Reform, Public Policy |
Recent studies of black boys and academic achievement have caught my attention. First was Yes We Can, The Schott Foundation 50 State Report on Black Males and Public Education. Then there was “A Call for Change,” a report by the...
Read MorePosted by Michael | Nov 26, 2010 | Government, Public Policy |
Today’s NY Post story about bootleg cigarette sales at bodegas reaffirmed my opposition to increased tobacco taxes. First, raising the cigarette excise tax by another $1 per pack only rewards bootleggers, some of whom will use...
Read MorePosted by Michael | Oct 31, 2010 | Food, Government, Public Policy |
I wish to thank the NY Times for proving that I am not a crank (see below). When government officials make health policy, that policy should be grounded in science. Government officials are not used-car salesmen. The city Health...
Read MorePosted by Michael | Oct 28, 2010 | Government, Public Policy |
[polldaddy poll=3997565] Earlier this year, the New York Times reported on the “Bronx Paradox” which describes the odd, simultaneous occurrence of both hunger and obesity afflicting low-income residents of the South Bronx. But...
Read MorePosted by Michael | Oct 27, 2010 | Government, Politics |
Change is coming to the state legislature. The congressional midterm elections and the gubernatorial race have overshadowed the changes facing a state legislature considered moribund by its many critics. So far, more than fifty...
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