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Another week has passed, and the TWO HOSTAGES are still in North Korea. All President Obama accomplished this week was to apologize, again, this time to the Cambridge Police Department for his uninformed, inappropriate remarks. Neither he nor Secretary of State Mrs. Bill Clinton, however, offered an apology for continuing to ignore Laura Ling and Euna Lee.

THE PROF: It is gratifying to learn that Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. now realizes that the incident with the Cambridge Police Department was caused primarily by his overreaction, and I am pleased to forgo my remarks here that would have pointed that out.

EDUCATION: Parents are responsible for the education of their young children, and for their scores on those ill-advised standardized tests. Teachers essentially baby-sit the children until their parents come home from work to teach them. Teacher salaries should be based solely upon which books they recommend, and how they help the parents to use them.