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Study: Trust in science among educated conservatives plunges “The growing distrust of science is entirely focused in two groups—conservatives and people who frequently attend church,” says the study’s author, University of North Carolina postdoctoral fellow Gordon Gauchat.

From http://the99spring.com/100000-strong-the-99-spring/

By Betty Bowers

InspireSeattle invites YOU to join us at our Social Forum and potluck:  Saturday, March 31st at 6:30PM. Main discussion topic for this evening:  TROY DAVIS: THE HUMAN FACE OF THE DEATH PENALTY We have scored again and have a great speaker:  Jen Marlowe, author/filmmaker/playwright and human rights advocate, to discuss the recent execution of Troy…

The supplicants and the U.S. House seat Seattle P-I reporter Joel Connelly covers a debate among 1st CD candidates. Compare my review of an earlier 1st CD debate in Seattle: Darcy Burner and Roger Goodman shine at MDC candidates forum.

David Sirota reports in Charter schools: No silver bullet: In recent years, major studies suggest that, on the whole, charter schools are producing worse educational achievement results than traditional public schools. For example, a landmark study from Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes discovered that while 17 percent of charter schools “provide superior…

On YouTube, RomneyRobot made this: And americanbridge21 made:

Vanguard founder and former CEO  John Bogle says: “We have one hell of a problem in this country, and it is not badly articulated by talking about the 99 percent and the 1 percent, although if you wanted to split hairs, we’d be talking about the 99.9 percent and the 0.1 percent.” “Only one-half of…