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PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/05/03/houston-weve-got-a-problem/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 12:10:40 -0400Houston, we've got a problem<![CDATA[The Examiner’s Caroline Grannan warns readers about the dangers of letting a ‘titan’ named Leo Linbeck III “build an empire of KIPP schools … Leo is also very involved with KIPP, one of the most successful public charter school programs in the U.S. He has been the ‘Chief Growth Architect’ at KIPP:Houston, leading the development of a plan to grow to 42 KIPP:Houston schools in the next 8 years, ” and involved with trying to match up high school teachers with scholars. That doesn’t sound very menacing until you read on. The problem isn’t Linbeck’s qualification. Grannan acknowledges that he has a good resume and is already an adjunct professor at the Stanford and Rice university business schools. The difficulty, Grannan argues, is Linbeck’s ideology, established by the fact that he posts comments at the Belmont Club, “an online discussion group of Houston conservatives”. Very bad company. Still Grannan admits that “it’s political commentary, it’s free speech and I respect that.”]]>Sun, 03 May 2009 16:01:44 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/05/03/houston-weve-got-a-problem-n188055