Monthly Archives: February 2005

This is a big deal… “It’s strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq,” explains Jumblatt. “I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people … Continue reading →

Barry Garelick captures my thoughts and experience perfectly regarding the sorry state of math educatation in todays school system. He hits the “nail on the head” so many times I don’t even know where to start. Here’s a small outake … Continue reading →

Global Warming that is. I’m not surprised that this showed up on CNN/Reuters first. Global warming is real and it’s our fault. Leaving no room for doubt, here’s the introduction… WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Studies looking at the oceans and melting … Continue reading →

a dream according to this Reuters article. I particularly like this dose of reality… “Virtually every candidate called for American energy independence — which is something that may sound good in a campaign, but has no grounding in reality,” Dave … Continue reading →

Todays Opinion Journal has an article titled “Hockey Stick on Ice: Politicizing the science of global warming” (registration required but OJ is free). The article is regarding the hockey stick shape of North American temperatures over the last 1000 years. … Continue reading →

A one paragraph blurb in the Feb 13th Parade magazine puts into focus China’s energy demands. In part it reads… This winter, residents of major Chinese cities have been sitting in the dark, shivering. The culprit: a massive coal shortage … Continue reading →

According to Parade Magazine (article not available yet): Dictator Country This Year Last YearOmar al-Bashir Sudan 1st 7thKim Jong Il North Korea 2nd 1stThan Shwe Burma 3rd 2ndHu Jintao China 4th 3rdCrown Prince Abdullah Saudi Arabia 5th 5thMuammar al-Quaddafi Libya … Continue reading →

If ever Boulder County gave itself an award, it would be for smart growth. Luckily for the majority of Americans this isn’t a contagious disease. What happens when an area has smart growth? According to the report titled “Smart Growth … Continue reading →

Unless you live in a cave, no doubt you’re familiar with the Ward Churchill saga. Today the Daily Camera editors have come to his defense, primarily under the freedom of speech theme and citing past incidents where the University of … Continue reading →

Well Minneapolis may not be stoopid, but the editors of the Minneapolis Star definitely are. Unlike most blog readers (and bloggers) in the world, Power Line has only recently gotten on my radar screen. They have some type of feud … Continue reading →

KBFR was Boulder’s pirate radio station. The equipment owners “jumped the gun” and purchased their low power broadcasting equipment before the final bill was passed. The final legislation, while not technically outlawing low power FM stations, basically did just that … Continue reading →

I doubt I can bring myself to watch more then a few minutes of the televised city council meeting this evening as they discuss building fences to contain the spread of prairie dogs. How these animals (rodents) got put on … Continue reading →

Ward Churchill resigned his position as Chair of Ethnic studies at the University of Colorado today. You can read the article and letter of resignation here. Highlights are: While I am immensely proud of my administrative accomplishments in the chair’s … Continue reading →