James E. Shane is a retired Brigadier General in the U.S. Army and Director of Military & Veteran Affairs at Sullivan University System. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JamesEShane http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JamesEShane TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:43:21 GMT Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:43:21 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Invective has replaced fact as the currency of modern politics. As a result, public policy is influenced more by headlines than by data. This trend is best exemplified by the debate currently going on in Washington... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JamesEShane/2011/03/02/facts_-_not_invective_-_should_drive_conversation_about_private_career_colleges__universities dd8548ba-0eae-419f-a1f2-88bd723eb23e Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:43:21 GMT