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The Uproar Over Obama's School Speech Is Silly

I find the uproar over Obama's approaching back-to-school address to be pretty silly. The speech, which schools are being encouraged to air on Tuesday, is meant to keep kids from dropping out. Sounds innocuous enough, but Obama opponents are using the opportunity to compare him to Saddam Hussein. The reason this is all so absurd is because I was in fourth grade when President Bush the first made a similar speech, and I remember finding the speech both boring and confusing ... (Read more in DoubleX.)