Anyone receiving tax dollars to provide services such as education or corrections should be required to be absolutely transparent about how that money is spent

Greg Lambert, an NHA representative, spelled out the company’s position to the board of the Detroit Enterprise Academy in 2010 when several members were demanding more transparency.

“Mr. Lambert stated that the public dollars became private when they were received by NHA. He further indicated that because NHA is a private company, the information need not be disclosed.”

Greg Lambert is wrong and so is former Michigan governor John Engler especially when you consider that charter schools are not delivering appreciably better results than traditional public schools.?

One of two excellent rulings against tech companies yesterday

Companies need to be hit hard to prevent outrageous behavior like anti-poaching collusion. They want a "free market" that applies to only their side of the transaction. Truly free markets must be free for buyers (employers in this case) and sellers (employees). Both sides must be able to transact with whoever is willing to take the best price. ?

Thunderbirds?

I recently learned of the looney 11 rule for photographing the moon and decided to try it out this evening

You set the aperture to f11 and the shutter speed to the reciprocal of the ISO. I managed to shoot this handheld at f11 and 1/400 with my 70-300mm on my Canon Rebel T1i and it worked out pretty well.?