Education
As I stumbled out of bed at 6am, volunteering to be an exhibit judge for the local junior division National History Day didn't seem like such a good idea. Ten of us—all quite awake, believe it or not—met at 8:45 in the Judges Room at
Media
From a book—a book I strongly recommend, for its on-going relevance—about press coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign: personallyprofessionally The Boys in the Bus Crouse has a point; certainly in my case. I was a journalist and a columnist in high school and college, and even today
Politics
You can now donate money to presidential campaigns through Amazon. After putting some money in John Edwards' jar, I looked at how much money each candidate had received so far: John Kerry $19,156 Howard Dean 10,078 Wesley Clark 9,007 John Edwards 8,134 Dennis Kucinich 1,
Miscellany
Eddie Thomas writes about those who forget history. Michael Blowhard asks "Is Bush a conservative?" Clay Shirky notes that people participate on-line for different reasons and with a different intensity than how they participate in real life, and suggests that the success of Howard Dean's
Remarks
A punchier way to describe what economists dryly call "the division of labor": Each one of us is ludicrously ignorant of something; most of us of most things. The whole difference between a conceited man and a modest one is concerned only with how far he is conscious
Intellect
…should be your writing prejudices. Check them out. (They remind me that I need an editor sometimes.)
Houston
As part of its "Revivals" film series, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston showed Leni Riefenstahl's film about the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Olympia I. Olympia I is a stunningly beautiful film. Except for the parts which have Nazis in them. There's no harm in
History
I had always thought of "The Wizard of Oz" as a fairy tale (or as the video for "Dark Side of the Moon"). In fact, it is an allegory of…bimetallism? Read on… (Warning! Simplifications ahead!) In the 19th century, the United States was on the
Politics
Kevin Drum (CalPundit) notices how a key Bush administration phrase has evolved over the last year: March 2003: June 2003: October 2003: January 2004:
Politics
In 1996, Arizona voted for Bill Clinton in the general election, between voting for Bush 41 in 1992 and Bush 43 in 2000. At the time, some speculated that Arizona voters had been so alienated from Bob Dole by the negative television advertisements run by the Steve Forbes campaign in
Politics
The Dean campaign's Perfect Storm drizzled out tonight in Iowa. I think I know one reason why. One year at Ohio State, an ideologically driven group went all-out to win the student government presidential race. It had money, it had organization, it had eager volunteers; on paper,
Houston
If you live inside the Loop, and you'd like to get a massage, I can recommend the West Gray location of Serenity Now.