Increasing access to private schools is a piss-poor way to fix America's broken school system.

Defense department Density.

Secretary Gates recently suggested that Turkey's recent hostility toward Israel is due to Turkey's application for EU membership being rejected. Hmm. I know this is a crazy idea, but isn't it possible Turkey's just a little upset over Israeli troops shooting nine Turkish citizens in international waters?

Further proof that the federal government in this country is increasingly divorcing itself from reality.