Archive for July, 2007

YouTube? Debate? Madhouse & And Next Big Blogging Thing

No Comments Yet | Posted by matthew on July 31st, 2007 in Uncategorized

I did not watch the now (in)famous CNN YouTube Debate. I’ve seen several of the shorts of what people thought were particularly bad and good moments of the debate, and I cannot shake the feeling that this attempt at de-scripting what is traditionally a very scripted process was little more than one more attempt at [...]

This Passes For Math?

2 Comments | Posted by twistedlogic on July 30th, 2007 in Education

Tens of thousands of high school seniors are failing minimum graduation standards. Many cannot read their own diplomas. The academic achievement of U.S. children is falling below the achievement of children in many other developed nations. This holds many implications with the rise of the global economy. As more capable and talented workforces rise in [...]

Why I Fired Professor Churchill

5 Comments | Posted by matthew on July 27th, 2007 in Education

Hank Brown, President of University of Colorado has fired Ward Churchill. Churchill is the hack who called the 9/11 victims “little Eichmanns”, quite the soul of class there, Mr Churchill.
You can read the story from President Brown’s perspective on the Wall Street Journal site today.
You can see that it was found that Mr. Churchill was [...]

Stop The Faucet? “Uh, Tell That To God.”

2 Comments | Posted by twistedlogic on July 26th, 2007 in Uncategorized

Water conservation has intrigued me for a while. It all began when I asked a colleague why she chose to become a vegetarian. Now I have numbers of friends who are vegetarians, one who even thrived as he went through boot camp. I respect them and have eaten with them countless times. I was simply [...]

The Moral Perspective On Global Warming

4 Comments | Posted by twistedlogic on July 25th, 2007 in Christian

Over at the Acton Institute’s Power Blog, Jordan J. Ballor discussed the moral aspects of global warming and his thoughts are intriguing. In The Moral Calculus of Climate Change, he discusses why humans are blamed for global warming when the sun is the source of the heat. Because people are the only moral force in [...]

Seeing Double

2 Comments | Posted by matthew on July 25th, 2007 in Culture

In a comment on the article Apology Steve highlighted the double standard, very obvious to so many of us, employed by the congressional leadership. Beginning to comment I found I had too much to say to constrain myself to a single comment:
It’s a shameful double standard. I often wonder how a thinking person can stand [...]

Apology

2 Comments | Posted by matthew on July 24th, 2007 in I, Pandora

It’s been a little while since I became absorbed in a book. I really didn’t feel like blogging today.
It is indeed an good feeling to be pulled between the covers into the world of a well-crafted tale full of fantasy and adventure off in the wide, unfamiliar world… and then the phone rings… and I [...]

Human And Pet Food Recall Reveals…

3 Comments | Posted by twistedlogic on July 23rd, 2007 in Uncategorized

Have you heard of the human and dog food recall? Four humans have fell sick with signs of botulism poisoning. Connors Bros., a maker of canned fish and meat, has recalled more than 80 food products intended for humans and a few more pet food products.
 

While it is horrible that they are poisoning people, my [...]

Mexifornia And The Salad Bowl

3 Comments | Posted by matthew on July 23rd, 2007 in Uncategorized

Thanks to Brit & Grit. I found this beautiful article mostly quoting former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm in a speech he made several years ago at a forum on Immigration and Overpopulation. Kudos to WriterChick for posting this.

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Gems From IBD

No Comments Yet | Posted by matthew on July 23rd, 2007 in Uncategorized

Periodically I read the editorials from The Investors Business Daily, today there were several gems:

Smartest Woman On Earth? - Is Hillary really all that a a slice of cheese? Why won’t she release her college transcripts? If she couldn’t pass the DC Bar Exam, one of the easiest in the nation, why does she promote [...]

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