Archive for the 'Politics' Category
Monday, January 24th, 2011
Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation At age 16 or so, the student George Washington copied 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation into one of two surviving schoolbooks, preserved in the Library of Congress. The Rules date back to 16th century France, and were popularly circulated […]
Posted in Education, Issues, Language and Literature, Politics | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 21st, 2011
The issue of civility in public and political discourse has been getting a lot of attention recently, especially (and unworthily) now that some are blaming physical violence on violent rhetoric. There may or may not be a connection, but it really shouldn’t matter– there is no place for incivility in public discourse, no need for […]
Posted in Issues, Journalism, Politics, Propaganda | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
SOTU speech shows why Dems should welcome Bush with open arms.
Posted in Education, Health Care, Journalism, Politics, Privacy, Social Security, Terrorism, The President | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 27th, 2006
A close examination of the 4th Amendment
Posted in Law and the Courts, Politics, Privacy, Terrorism, The President | 3 Comments »
Sunday, November 6th, 2005
A fundamental change in our concept of Justice
Posted in Issues, Law and the Courts, Politics, Science | No Comments »
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
Nurse Ratchet to the ER, stat!
Posted in Issues, Politics, Propaganda | 1 Comment »
Sunday, October 9th, 2005
Voting in the November 1st election begins tomorrow, October 10th.
Posted in Journalism, Politics, Propaganda | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 29th, 2005
Molly Ivins more clever than shrill, for once
Posted in Issues, Politics, The President | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 26th, 2005
What happened to A and B?
Posted in Issues, Politics | 5 Comments »