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Today the President held a news conference in press briefing room at the White House. First Lady Laura Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spelling toured schools affected by Hurricane Katrina. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke on screen by video link, during a plenary session entitled 'Can a Ball Change the World' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. She also met at the State Department Sa'ad Hariri, a member of Lebanon's parliament. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

As if we needed another frivolous lawsuit, yesterday Connecticut became the first state to sue the feds over funding for No Child Left Behind. That education reform, which passed with bipartisan majorities in 2001, provided the largest increase in education spending in the nation's history. But never mind. According to state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who filed the suit, it's an "unfunded mandate." In fact, the money complaint is a red herring used by Mr. Blumenthal, Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell and others to avoid the real issues of accountability and transparency. In return for federal funds, No Child Left...