You’d think that knowing men could do something as freaking cool as this would this whole religious war thing in its proper perspective, wouldn’t you?
Op-Ed Blog
Turnabout is Fair Play
Prairie View A&M, a Texas college primarily attended by black students, is feeling the pain of integration. I have to laugh at this section: As more white and Hispanic students are attending Prairie View A&M, reflecting a trend at the nation’s 120 historically black colleges and universities, there is a sense that the land-grant institution…
Agriculture: Good or Bad?
This is an interesting re-print of a nearly 20 year old opinion piece printed in Discover. I’m curious as to other opinions about it. The concept that social parasites, all too common in modern-day America, originated with agricultural society caught my attention because it has the ring of truth about it. This is not to…
Supreme Court Backs Municipal Land Grabs
This tite was stolen from a CNN report of the same name – read it and be amazed at the temerity of the nation’s Supreme Court. Two days later and I’m still in a state of denial/disbelief over this ruling. Now I understand where the phrase “contempt of court” comes from! From the CNN article:…
Do the Math, People (If You Can)
From the Houston Chronicle: Credit card companies want it both ways: strict bankruptcy laws but no mandate to disclose how much all that credit is costing consumers. If the newly wed Smiths charge $1,000 to a 13 percent credit card to finance a week-long honeymoon, then pay only the 2 percent minimum monthly payment, it…
Students’ Esteem Empty
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…
“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.