Mars, Up Close and Personal...

“What is that?”, you may well be asking...

It's a rock on Mars, seen up close and personal, much as if you were there in person with a magnifying glass.

It's from Curiosity, using it's “hand imager” camera that's specifically designed to work just like a field geologist with his magnifying glass.

Feels like I could reach out and rub that rock's surface...

Squandering Public Education Money...

CATO has a great article analyzing the return on our investment in public education.  Conclusion: Zip.  Nada.  Doo-dah.  All that money is being thrown at public education with no discernable increase in student performance.  Wasted.

Unless you're a teacher's union member, of course.  Or a politician benefiting from the union donations.

Every once in a while, you really need a revolution to clear out the rot.  Public education in the U.S. is long, long overdue for a such revolution.  Anyone up for a little “Education Spring”?