She argued on the basis of the Chronicle's own descriptions of the dissertations that they were substituting political partisanship for objective research and analysis. Her piece was sharp, controversial, and sarcastic, but certainly not out of...]]> http://writinginthewild.com/2012/05/14/5687/feed/ 1 http://writinginthewild.com/2012/04/30/boehners-ire/ http://writinginthewild.com/2012/04/30/boehners-ire/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:58:37 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=5616 “Students and families are struggling in President Obama’s economy. Nearly half of college graduates are unemployed or underemployed, and laws like ObamaCare have only made it harder for small businesses to hire them. That’s why House Republicans voted to extend current student loan rates and to pay for it by eliminating an ObamaCare slush fund President Obama himself proposed cutting from his budget. It’s time for the president and Democrats in Congress to stop exploiting the challenges facing young Americans for political gain, and start working with Republicans to create a better environment for private-sector job growth.” Apr 27, 2012, Press Release from the Office of the Speaker of the House, John Boehner