Archive | November, 2007
Making Rules About How Children Grieve: Your Education Dollars at Work
I read a piece in the Missoulian this evening with a mixture of frustration and dismay. It seems that Missoula County Public Schools District, led by its “safe schools coordinator,” has decided to invest time and resources into developing a policy that polices how students express their grief following the death of another student, staff [...]
Continue reading...Family Values Solve Everything
28. November 2007
One more thought. Asked how he plans to stop black on black violence in America, Mitt Romney’s answer is that he plans to re-inculcate traditional family values? Aside from the astonishing vapidity of that remark, how exactly does a President do that?
Continue reading...My God…
28. November 2007
These old white men certainly hate immigrants and are terrified by Hillary Clinton. I’m headed out, and don’t know that I can stomach much of this “debate,” but it’s certainly interesting just far some of the candidates have to go to pander to the hardcore right. Wouldn’t it be nice if the media would label these [...]
Continue reading...This is a YouTube moment in the making…
28. November 2007
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft (remember him? wonderful singer…) told a group at the University of Colorado that he’s be willing to be waterboarded “if it were necessary to do them to me.” I can’t think of a better person for the administration to prove how safe this process it. Ashcroft for Waterboarding ‘07!
Continue reading...Maybe It’s Not the Media’s Fault…
28. November 2007
I can understand why members of the legislature might want to restrict press coverage of their work, but I can’t understand how that could possibly be good for an informed electorate. Scott Sales, proponent of open government: Sales said some legislators from both parties would like to return to closed party caucuses instead of having to [...]
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