Did I just hear Pink Floyd morph with Neil Young’s “Down by the River?” Oh my God… you mean someone else in this world besides me and a dozen other people have heard of BR-549? Am I tripping, or is this “Breaking the Law” by Judas Priest? Who ARE these guys?
These are […]
Filed under: Music on March 24th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
In one of the funniest scenes from his film Fahrenheit 911, Michael Moore drives around the Capitol in an ice cream truck reading the Patriot Act out loud after finding out that nobody actually read it before passing it. This dramatic scene reminds us of the very painful fact that we, as citizens on […]
Filed under: Politics on March 23rd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Up until I met the woman who eventually became my wife, I always thought I ate pretty healthy. I ate three square meals a day, and tried to cover all the basic food groups. My salads even earned the “oohs” and “aaahs” of my coworkers at lunchtime. And, despite addiction, high blood […]
Filed under: Food, Recovery on March 22nd, 2007 | Add Comment! »
If I were King of the World, this is an essay I’d make everybody read before they could vote. It’s one of Mark Twain’s lesser known essays, but one of his most powerful. It’s even more important in this day and age where the line separating church and state is becoming less and […]
Filed under: Politics on March 21st, 2007 | Add Comment! »
When I teach my students about the Monroe Doctrine I tell them this story from my childhood. As with any good fable some of the details are embellished to protect and/or immortalize the innocent.
For those who weren’t paying attention that day in American History class, the Monroe Doctrine was President James Monroe’s […]
Filed under: Teaching, History on March 20th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
I’ve been kind of at odds with my union lately. It seems to me that in my experience with unions, which includes the National Education Association and the United Auto Workers, that unions can be at worst a reactionary force that turns back the wheels of progress, or at best, mindless defenders of the […]
Filed under: Politics, Teaching on March 18th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
One of my favorite things about springtime is the ability to sleep with the windows open and more importantly to wake up to the sounds of birds chirping. We live along a creek, and on the other side of the creek is a state forest preserve with more types of birds than I’ll ever […]
Filed under: General Observations on March 16th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
“You see, the Senate wants to take away some of the powers of the administrative branch.”
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Filed under: Politics on March 16th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
