Marlene Zuk wrote a great article about students and self-esteem that’s right on the money. Here it is in all its glory (I want to make sure it lives on here even if nowhere else – it’s that good): ”IS this one right?” The student points to a line on a test paper and peers…
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
“Happiness” by Michael Van Walleghen
From In the Black Window: New and Selected Poems. © University of Illinois Press Melvin, the large collie who lives in the red house at the end of my daily run is happy, happy to see me even now, in February— a month of low skies and slowly melting snow. His yard has turned almost…
This is the Funniest Thing I’ve Seen in a Long Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
News from the Land of the Stupid!
Former pledge sues Baylor frat for ‘mistreating him’. Heck, at Baylor they’ll shoot you if you miss a layup in a basketball game… An American web designer was convicted of ‘hijacking’ the al-Jazeera Arabic language news network to display a patriotic message. This guy ought to get a medal… I couldn’t resist this one: Wal-mart…
Convicted Again!
Here’s proof that the justice system does work, sometimes.
Supreme Court Afraid?
By refusing to hear the now infamous Alabama Ten Commandments case, the Supreme Court of this country has abdicated its responsibility. It seems to me that the only reason for the justices to refuse to do their duty is sheer moral cowardice.
What Media Bias?
“The fact that the enemy doesn’t adhere to the rules of war does not give us the excuse not to” says, of all media outlets, the History Channel. What a crock of crap! I’ve heard that little ditty about a dozen times since “Dances with Wolves” came on. If the remote wasn’t on the other…
Denver Poh-lice Do Ebonics
Police in Denver are getting it from minorities for transcribing interviews with too great an ear for what was actually said. Word, if’n ya don’t wanna sound lik a moron, don’t be talkin’ like one…
Oops, I’m a bimbo!
Britney Spears is quite a fox and yet, she’s not quite a genius, now is she? Not that she’s any worse than any of the rest of your twenty-something musicians and movie/TV stars. It is, however, a sad realization to recognize that as a younger person, I actually thought these types had something meaningful to…
Who Decides When It’s Time to ‘Go’?
Florida Republicans, apparently. This is a terrible decision on the part of Jeb Bush. Republicans are supposed to be the party of less government, less interference in people’s lives, less of everything ridiculous. If only that were true! The Florida legislature had no business interferring in this matter. If any arm of the government needed…