Her work appeals to sensory experience and emotion over objectivity and intellect, which is why the photogravures in Nocturnes work so well with
Wonk's poems: nothing is literal, obvious, or rational.
Nocturnes, by Josephine Sacabo and Dalt Wonk (Luna Press, 2012)
The tension between my understanding of good education policy--driven by a deep commitment to equity and the belief that an outstanding education can transform lives, and this country--and what is right for my daughters makes me both a better policy
wonk and a better father.
When education reform gets personal: confessions of a policy-wonk father
Estelle Morris complained about being done in by the
wonks in the Number 10 policy unit, intent on badgering her into accepting a dilution of the comprehensive system and top-up fees.
Our man in Westminster: Young and bright but lacking experience
The role of president was consumed by it, and in fact a long series of contests between Republican "warriors" and Democratic "
wonks" resulted in the postwar domination of the White House by the GOP.
The New Presidential Identity
Alterman throws all sorts of arguments at this one: voting for Clinton doesn't mean you're a liberal like European social democrats or the American philosopher John Rawls; some voted for Clinton because he was a boomer like them or a policy
wonk like them, or a "New Democrat" in favor of the death penalty and ending welfare.
Working the refs
In addition to saving corporations, Gerstner doubles as an education
wonk: He co-chairs Achieve, Inc., a bipartisan group founded by governors and corporate leaders in the mid-1990s to advance national standards and testing.
Cosby in '08? It's time for Democrats to think beyond the usual suspects
I was reminded of this the other day as I listened to an exasperated liberal policy
wonk snapping at a reporter who had picked up on some of the Bush Administration's rhetoric.
Public piety. (The Word from Washington)
I DON'T know why Grayson is surprised to finally twig that his mum is a demented
wonk.
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In a recent
wonk entry, Klein does his usual bit about lies -- damn lies -- and Republicans.
Ezra Klein, As Usual, Meant To Defend Obamacare
Maggie Thatcher's old speech-writer and policy
wonk, Robin Harris, sticks in the stiletto repeatedly.
Maguire: DAVID Cameron
After two decades in Washington as a
wonk working among hacks, I have come to the conclusion that the gap between Republicans and Democrats is as nothing compared to the one between these two tribes.
Bush's war against wonks: why the president's policies are falling apart
"While we insist upon the illusion of a permanent continental nation that has existed less than a third as long as the Moorish occupation of Spain," he writes, "we may find that we have become instead the creators of its diluted successor, which may be the most we can hope for." In its fatalism, this book steadfastly refuses to turn into a policy
wonk's bible.
An Empire Wilderness: Travels into America's Future
The first of Evers's two deputies is Leslye Arsht, a Republican education policy
wonk who served as deputy press secretary under Ronald Reagan and then in the Department of Education under George H.W.
Who's who in Baghdad
The book is sometimes as unwieldy as its title, crammed with information aimed at pleasing virtually everyone from expert to novice, of use to both the first-time investor and the experienced policy
wonk. But to the surprise, perhaps, of those who see Levitt as a silver-haired establishmentarian, what he has written is in essence an expose, laying bare an amazing array of traps and rip-offs that await unsuspecting investors.
Street wise
Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.) and a
wonk obsessed with the JFK assassination.
Oliver Stoned