Two news headlines appearing at the same time recently got my attention. The first is about Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Sciences, the $75.5 million school named after science fiction hustler, Al Gore. The second story is titled, "Obama gets mixed report card on transparency." With regard to the school story, it turns out that the Gore school was built on an environmentally contaminated piece of real estate. Concerns are being raised that the school "may pose long-term health risks to its students, faculty and staff, as the groundwater beneath it is contaminated by chemicals." And, incidentally, the Los Angeles school sits across the street from -- gasp! -- an oil well. The "mainstream" media see the school story as a "cruel irony."  How ironic. The next story reports on "a new report tracking indicators of government secrecy." The story begins with Obama's pledge to have an "unprecedented level of...(Read Full Post)