Stop intimidating children on Math and science grades.

Wringing our hands over U.S. students' lagging scores in math and science always spoken of as though they were the same thing is now a feature of our national life. Creativity and curiosity drive science. Math is a discipline of curiosity not of creativity; it is the tool, not the driver. It will tell the inventor, scientist and entrepreneur how to get there, but not where to go. For years, literature teachers have been scaring off students by suggesting that Shakespeare, Tolstoy or James Joyce are difficult to read. Now these math-and-science preachers are scaring off students from the adventure of science.
true not everyone is good at math, but math is always a requirement in life. true if you are a business manager you aren't going to need to know the math a particle scientist will need. But that isn't the point, we focus much on math because teachers want us to know how math works.
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Put a lid on debt ceiling debate

Last year's tussle over increasing the federal debt limit showed Congress at its worst, paralyzed by dueling ideologies and incapable of striking a grand bargain. The eventual compromise by lawmakers and the White House raised the debt ceiling enough to last until the end of 2012 or early 2013, giving voters a chance to shuffle the deck in Washington before the next round of negotiations. Speaker John Boehner has called for congress to start it all over again before the elections. not that it will get anywhere, The Republicans are calling for cuts in medicare, and medicaid. not that the Democrats will agree to that plan, Democrats have insisted that tax increases be part of any plan to bring the debt under control, something Republicans don't want to do. basically calling for them to start the debate again will get us nowhere.
Congress's approve rating is already at its lowest, trying this again will only make it worse.