Is Our Children Learning?
I'm sure that quite by accident, George W. Bush nailed the essential question (quoted in the title) that should be used to evaluate any educational system. Of course, Bush and the Republicans went on...
View ArticleJehovah's Parcel Service
This is probably one of those diaries that pushes the really good diaries off the list, and I don't know that there's much point to this, but it just made me feel good. So a few minutes ago I pull into...
View ArticleBeer or blogs
What should you do if you live in a society where the press is beholden to and only parrots the party line of those in power? What if you live in a society where years of legal and constitutional...
View ArticleFrederick Clarkson on Fresh Air
dKos poster Frederick Clarkson will be one of two guests on NPR's Fresh Air tommorow. The other guest will be theocrat D James Kennedy. According to the blurb on the website: "May 18 · Is the division...
View ArticleAbsence of Leadership
This is a mostly pie-free diary (although that got me thinking). 10 years ago, I could name a lot of the leaders of the women's movement. Today I can't name any that wasn't on the list 10 years ago and...
View ArticleA Winning Democratic Strategy
There have been a number of diaries lately about what Democrats stand for, or should stand for. Some of those have pushed negative positions criticizing Bush and the Republicans, which is certainly a...
View ArticleWA State I330 - Thank you Dems!
I get regular email from the WA State Democratic Party, and for a long time I've been complaining that the emails are uninformative and that all they do is ask for money. Tonight I got an email from WA...
View ArticleIs Thinking Destroying Your Life?
(I didn't write this, but I thought this inspirational email I received might benefit many kossacks) It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then -- to loosen up.
View ArticleYour DCCC $ at work in IL-06
There is a contested Democratic primary in IL-06 between (among others) Christine Cegelis, who nearly beat 30 year GOP veteran Henry Hyde in 2004 and Tammy Duckworth, who was imported into the district...
View ArticleFree Energy $2000 Wienie Roast
My wife and I consumed about $2000 worth of energy this week and in the end, all we got out of it was a wienie roast (but a damn fine wienie roast!). However, what we actually spent on the $2000 worth...
View ArticleFewer Cars on the Road?
Where I live, my conception of "traffic" is one other car on the road, "heavy traffic" is two cars, and more is probably a funeral procession. But both Sunday and today I drove from North Central...
View ArticleEnvironment: Playing with Fire
One major issue in the Western US, and probably increasingly in places like FL, TX, and maybe even the Midwest and Appalachia, is forest fire or wildfire. In past years within a 50 mile radius of my...
View ArticleAngelides' commercial sucks?
I happened to be channel surfing past an LA station (on satellite) the other night, and saw a commercial for Phil Angelides. I thought it was one of the worst political commercials I've ever seen. I...
View ArticleUnrest in the Forest
Unrest in the Forest could refer to the seemingly eternal triangle formed by environmentalists, timber companies and US Forest Service (USFS) in the Western US. It could also be part of the opening...
View Article60 hours without power
I couldn't tell you if anyone has diaried this, because I've been without electricity for 60 hours (I did search and didn't find anything). Thursday night/Friday morning a severe windstorm passed...
View ArticleWal-Mart bait and switch fails
This is a story about how Wal-Mart conspires with small city government to impose itself on a small community and threaten the community's thriving small businesses.It's also a story about how a small...
View ArticleGlobal Warming TV Ad
While not watching the Super Bowl tonight, I ran across a global warming ad on TV, sponsored by Environmental Defense (formerly the Environmental Defense Fund) and the Ad Council, who produces a lot of...
View ArticleFools to do your dirty work
In today's Midday Open Thread, Miss Laura provided a link the this article in The Nation. The takeaway quote from article is:It would be easy to blame the entertainment industry for the invisibility of...
View ArticleMagic Bus (PHEB)
Our local school district has just taken delivery of one of the first (if not the first) plug-in hybrid electric school buses (PHEB) in the nation.You can read about it here or here, see pictures here...
View ArticleForest fire - Burning Down the House
I have to take issue with the recent diary Firebombs in the Forest: Slashpiles Fueled Angora Fire Destruction by FUSEE. There are some conclusions in the diary which, while they may sound reasonable,...
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