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Dear Frank, This morning on the Today show it was announced that President Obama has asked me, on behalf of American Solutions, to travel the country on an Education Reform tour. I'll be joined by two very unlikely allies, to talk about charter schools and real education reform. I'll be travelling with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Reverend Al Sharpton, who are also strongly in favor of charter schools, on a multi-city tour. As a citizen, I believe where you have differences with your elected officials, you should oppose them vigorously. But when you can find common ground, it's important...

Let me ask you this: when, prior to last week, was the last time you heard of the Jersey Girls? I can’t give a definite answer, which in itself is telling. Not that I was paying any large amount of attention, but there was a lot of noise in between the Afghan and Iraqi campaigns, intense media play building up to the 2004 election, which they did their damndest to throw to Kerry, and then… nothing. They’d shot their bolt, they had their fifteen minutes and more, and that was the end of it. Until last week when Ann Coulter,...

The departure of rocker Chris Daughtry from "American Idol" means that the squishy middle has won once again. Daughtry was voted off the show this week, leaving behind three uninspired performers who may appeal to the masses but lack any distinctive personal style. After weeks of patiently watching, obsessing and praying for Elliott Yamin, Katharine McPhee and Taylor Hicks to reveal some sense of personal aesthetics, there has been nothing but disappointment.