Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

The Rewriting of History

Posted on March 13, 2006 by Phil Kadath

Last week, The Baron du Toit wrote a very timely, for me anyway, post about the controlling of historical facts and supplied this saying from Orwell He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls … Continue reading →

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I’ve Never Heard of Her Before

Posted on March 11, 2006 by Phil Kadath

And this column is probably a good example as to why. A Cartoon Version of Academia – Froma Harrop If you need a good laugh this morning, click that link and you’ll read Ms. Harrop’s opinion of David Horowitz’s ‘Academic … Continue reading →

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Blogging the Black Death

Posted on March 2, 2006 by Alaska

…or airborne avian flu, or the second cousin of that pesky airborne Reston ebolavirus, or even whatever it was that killed five billion people in Twelve Monkeys — what would blogging the experience be like? Well, while unpacking the contents of the garage* this past … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of Daniel Weintraub

Posted on March 2, 2006 by Alaska

Weintraub is one of two Sacramento Bee columnists who gained some prominence among Washington, D.C. journalists back during Schwarzenegger’s run for the governorship. What I found amusing was that he was almost universally cited by the East-Coast meida as “an … Continue reading →

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A Good Plan from a Good Man

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Phil Kadath

Scalia says don’t link guns only to crime Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia fondly remembers carrying a rifle around New York as a boy and says outdoorsmen should attack the idea that guns are used only for crimes. An avid … Continue reading →

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Mark this day on your calendar

Posted on February 27, 2006 by Phil Kadath

I actually want my state to follow the lead of Massachusetts! You’ve probably read my thoughts on the Washington Assesment of Student Learning test in the recent past. To summarize: 1 set of tests, set at the 8th grade level, taken … Continue reading →

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Going for the Three-Point Shot

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Phil Kadath

If you remember the blow-up of attention on the University of Washington over a particularly disrespectful pair of members of the UW Student Senate to the proposal of a memorial for UW Alum Gregory “Pappy” Boyington and the subsequent apology. … Continue reading →

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Getting Results

Posted on February 16, 2006 by Phil Kadath

It took just over a week, but it seems that those ungrateful UW snot-suckers who ‘Didn’t think ant a Marine was the type of person that the University of Washington should try and produce’ that I wrote about on Monday have … Continue reading →

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Lowering Standards

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Phil Kadath

Alternative Title: Why Johnny still can’t read after billions of dollars. If you’ve been keeping up with the tales of the Washington Assesment of Student Learning (WASL) test ‘controversy’ (and if not, you can find my previous posts here), you … Continue reading →

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Some Good Cheney News, for a Change

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Alaska

Lost in all the news about the VP’s unfortunate ND was the critically revealing statement he made this past week about the NSA brouhaha in an interview on (what else?) the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. “Jim, again let me emphasize here, when … Continue reading →

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