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Has the Democratic Party lost its mind? The Insider says yes – and it’s going to get much worse before it gets better. (snip) So the Republicans are aware of the situation? Oh yeah. At least certain members are, and likely some who have very specific details. It is no casual thing to have incoming members of a new Republican House majority telling the media that the White House needs to make certain it doesn’t start shredding documents…well, that’s about as bold a declaration as one makes in this town. Those Republicans are making it clear to the Obama White...

Who's more important: Christopher Columbus or John Smith? Clara Barton or Ruby Bridges? Ruby Bridges or Dolores Huerta? Is the story of Nathan Hale too gruesome for first graders? Will history books refer to the 44th American president as Barack Obama, Barack H. Obama or Barack Hussein Obama? The curriculum covers grades kindergarten through high school, and yet after 12 hours of debate the board had only just begun talking about its biggest challenge – high school standards – at 9 p.m. Thursday. All day long the board dropped, added and swapped the names of historical figures and events into...