SAY WHAT?"Dick Cheney was right all along."Wall Street Journal, 2014"Once we’d [invaded Iraq and] gotten rid of Saddam and his government, then we’d have had to put another government in its place…How long would we have had to stay in Baghdad to keep that government in place? What would happen to the government once U.S. …
Category Archives: Politics
An Owner Figures Out How to Save on His Health Insurance – NYTimes.com
When I started this series on health insurance, I thought I might devote three or four posts to the subject. Instead, as I turned up surprising information, I realized that there was much more to say. This is an important and expensive purchase for a business owner, and there are great benefits to making the …
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On Reading Roosevelt
David Silby at Edge of the American West: In two paragraphs, FDR sums the case for government regulation and oversight, the case for government full-stop, better, I think, than just about anyone, and certainly anyone recently.via On Reading Roosevelt – The Edge of the American West – The Chronicle of Higher Education. An interesting and …
The Parent Company Trap
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon – Thurs 11p / 10c
First wave of PubCampGa Photos
Search for #PubCampGA on flickr to find’em. I’ve already met several people in public broadcasting from Georgia and Alabama, educators from around Georgia, and some students. I look forward to meeting more people from different backgrounds. Crossposted at DV for Teachers
Fimoculous’s 30 Best Blogs of 2009
30 Best Blogs of 2009 – Fimoculous.com. Like I’ll have the time to go and actually read these. I want to, but I have to get stuff done, too.
Conquerors of the Middle East
A fascinating 90-second animation showing who has controlled the Middle east over the last 5000 years. I need to know more world history, for sure. Via.
Making Light’s Commonplaces
Commonplaces from Making Light. Please read them all. “We are prophets of a future not our own.” (Oscar Romero) “Peace means something different from ‘not fighting’. Those aren’t peace advocates, they’re ‘stop fighting’ advocates. Peace is an active and complex thing and sometimes fighting is part of what it takes to get it.” (Jo Walton) …
“Brainstem Conservatism”
A terrific turn of phrase from Josh Marshall.
Don Farmer is a Jerk
In case you didn’t already know.