Lara Logan’s segment on 60 Minutes tonight really bothered me. It was totally, absolutely a one-sided create and then exploit fear in order to promote war propaganda piece.

This is the Lara Logan who in an earlier story crowed about how she had obtained the confidence of the young men with whom… Read full post »

 The drone from the far right is that Obama’s race and upbringing have led him to be prejudiced against White people, especially White Christians. Yeah. Right! El toro ca-ca! (Don’t forget that Obama himself is a Christian, belonging to a denomination known for welcoming persons of a… Read full post »

I want to share an experience I had with our local Democratic Club. I'm concerned about how representative it might have been, and hoping to be reassured that it's atypical.

The occasion was the “Grand Opening” of the Club’s headquarters, timed to coincide with a city-wide event fea… Read full post »

For Senate Republicans, re their questions of and snipes against Elena Kagan. Here is your biblical admonition for the duration:

Matthew 7:3-5

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?   Or how wilt thou say to thy bro… Read full post »

Long time ago I posted something about trying to distinguish between "carbon-based entity" and "silicon-based entity" (or whatever that has evolved into). Aroused some interest.

 Here's a follow-up. I signed on for "live chat" (sic!) with a Tivo tech rep. I'll append the transcript below.

First,… Read full post »

Laura Miller is reviewing Nicholar Carr's "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains"a book-length expansion and update of his earlier article for the Atlantic Monthly, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

 In short, Carr and Miller agree that the net is rotting our brains. Here's my res… Read full post »

The following is an image I shot in a Roman encampment/village along Hadrian's Wall. It's a crappy picture, but it's the sentiment that counts:

I'd like to send this the every member of Congress along with the president. I'd ask them to keep the admonition in mind as… Read full post »

Good suggestion from Psychomama. Here's my wonderful granddaughter:

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Last Lecture

1967-2009

 

Traditionally, the last lecture of a semester was devoted to reflecting with students about what the class had sought to accomplish, why, and how that accomplishment might relate to the world beyond the ivy-covered walls. (Of course at Stetson that would be the walls coat/…

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During my first year of graduate school, 1964, my wife and I had a dispute with Phillips Petroleum about a credit card payment. I thought at first I was corresponding with a genuine human, but the categorical and not fully responsive letters made me suspicious. I sent a couple of letters… Read full post »

I just watched a video clip in which Rep. Bobby Rush urged support for Gov. Blagojevich’s nomination of Roland Burris to complete Sen. Obama’s senate term. I was absolutely appalled.

Barack Obama ran on the premise that people should vote for him because he was the best person for the job,… Read full post »

Having read a post by Trey Ellis on Huff-Po , I got to thinking. Ellis's post queries whether the reckless greed by politicos and financial insiders like Blago suggest they know something the rest of us don't about a coming crash, and whether they suggest consequently that the people in question… Read full post »