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It’s Not Personal, It’s Just Politics
Updated (4/13/09): With Al Franken finally winning the Minnesota Senate seat, thus concludes the saga of the 2008 election. I wanted to revisit this post from Election Day, November 4. I remember writing this piece on Monday night, staying up … Continue reading
Pretty Soon, Today’s ‘Stupid’ Will Be Tomorrow’s ‘Smart’
Last week, both presidential candidates acknowledged that we had to reform our education system. Like most everything else, Obama and McCain naturally disagreed on how to solve this issue. Perhaps we need to pay teachers more and get the best-qualified … Continue reading
Democratic Elections in the United States of Florida
Apparently democratic nations are entitled to a system of “one man, one vote.” Unfortunately, that doesn’t apply to the United States, or else Al Gore would have become President in 2000, and either we’d a) all be driving hybrid cards … Continue reading
Random Thoughts on… Grammar
In 1946, George Orwell called for a rehaul of the English language in line with the traditional rules of grammar: ”One ought to recognize that the present political chaos is connected with the decay of language, and that one can probably bring … Continue reading
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