Alexander Russo is a journalist and former Senate education staffer.
Only at The Fordham Foundation would they resolve an internal dispute by having Checker Finn, THE Gadfly, write a “letter to the editor” to The Gadfly, the publication he edits. And it’s not the first time. “As a fairly regular Gadfly reader, I often find myself nodding in agreement at the wisdom and insight that it delivers,” begins Finn’s letter. “But I also feel obliged to point out the occasional blind spot...”
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