One of our senior physics majors has made a video promoting sustainability to students, and posted it on YouTube. I need to figure out the best way to link it from the department web page, but it occurs to me that I have this big Internet platform I can use to plug it: It’s a… Continue reading Student Sustainability Video
Category: Politics
Huzzah!
Ah, what loyal citizen of California doesn’t remember singing the state song, I Love You, California, every morning. Or was it saying the Pledge…my memory’s hazy. The reason I bring up state songs is not to bring up the ill-fated campaign to make “Born to Run” the New Jersey state song (this town rips the… Continue reading Huzzah!
O’Reilly, Reali, What’s the Difference?
A couple of days ago, Brad DeLong hoisted a proposal from comments (originally suggested by Bernard Yomtov): A reporter should not be assigned to cover subject X unless he has as good an understanding of X as a baseball writer is expected to have of baseball. Kevin Drum isn’t sold on the idea: Man, does… Continue reading O’Reilly, Reali, What’s the Difference?
Report on Improving Science Education
The National Science Board has released a draft report for public comment titled “A National Action Plan for Addressing the Critical Needs of the U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education System.” You can dowload the PDF of the report from that page, and email any comments to: NSB_STEMaction@nsf.gov. I’ve only skimmed the report, so… Continue reading Report on Improving Science Education
Those Wacky Liberal Academics
Via Inside Higher Ed, the Center for Responsive Politics has a new report on political contributions by academics So far in the ’08 election cycle, people who work for institutions of higher education have given more than $7 million to federal candidates, parties and committees, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. Nearly 60… Continue reading Those Wacky Liberal Academics
International Blog Against Racism Week 2
This week has been declared International Blog Against Racism Week, so if you’re looking for something serious and worthwhile to do with your blog, you might want to check out the many interesting things being posted, and even contribute something. Unless you post comments under the handle “Uncle Al,” in which case, I’d really rather… Continue reading International Blog Against Racism Week 2
IN UR INTERNETZ, ENABLIN UR ACTIVISTS
There’s been some discussion recently in places I can’t link to about the Purpose of Blogging, and whether it’s really appropriate to be using the medium to exchange silly pictures of cats. Ethan Zuckerman made an important point about the utility of banality (that link 404’s at the moment, but I assume Ethan will eventually… Continue reading IN UR INTERNETZ, ENABLIN UR ACTIVISTS
Outrage is Good
Via Big Media Matt, a video that’s too good not to share: I have a lot more respect for Pat Leahy now. I wouldn’t’ve been able to respond to that without a few F-bombs.
Atheist Charity Results
So, you may or may not recall that last week, Matt Nisbet posted about a study purporting to show that religious people were more generous in their charitable giving than atheists. One of his commenters opted to go for the “sour grapes” response, claiming that religious charities were all stupid, and asking rhetorically: How many… Continue reading Atheist Charity Results
Olive Earth
I know, it’s “Live Earth,” but they’ve got this giant blue-green circle at the left of their logo, which makes it look like an illuminated initial capital… So, the latest charity rock specatcle is scheduled to start tonight. I can’t say I’ve been paying any attention– I only noticed it today because the New York… Continue reading Olive Earth