DC's School Chancellor, Michelle Rhee, attempts to abolish of teacher tenure and raise teacher pay. [New York Times]
Turns out the whole kerfuffle over Palin and Africa was just a blogger joke. [New York Times]
Brooks quotes Megan McArdle again. [New York Times]
Despite achieving near parity in education and health, women are still far behind men in gaining elite positions worldwide. [Reuters]
Expect a ton of great and not-so-great articles on why Obama won this election. Among the great is Ryan Lizza's article in the New Yorker. Also on deck, but not yet read, is David Remnick. Check out Charli Carpenter's post on the role of celebrities. Check out an old post of mine on the role of state political culture. [New Yorker and blogs]
Palin disses bloggers, but bloggers helped make her. [Dan Drezner]
