Rayne TodaySearching for dharma, in spite of the weather... Proud member of the Reality-Based CommunityIt is ON- November 15, 2004 Wow. I am SO pumped!!! Don't believe for a second that we're down for the count. We may be in mourning yet but we have but lost a battle. It is definitely full ON, this war for the soul of our country. Find a way to get involved, stay involved. It is one of our key learnings that we needed to be engaged earlier, longer, on a sustained basis to make the impact we really need. Get in at the grassroots, find a way to help your local candidates NOW. If.http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/14.html#a1642 Education and educators' bias- November 14, 2004 Dennis Jerz wrote recently on Mark Bauerstein's essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education, regarding a bias towards liberals in secondary education. I commented: Bauerstein forgets a fundamental issue affecting a large portion of secondary education: publicly funded schools must be open and accepting to all students that enter. Perhaps it's not that academia screens out non-liberal educators. "Liberal", after all, is based on the root, "libe", free; being liberal means being open-..http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/14.html#a1641 Update: The new house project- November 14, 2004 Photos, long overdue, from late last month to this past Friday. First floor deck framed in. First floor walls framed. Last shot with benchmark oak tree. Second floor deck and walls framed. First of roof trusses in place. Damnably messy on site with the rain, sopping all...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/13.html#a1640 Another "highly recommended"- November 13, 2004 Not on the same topic as this past week's recommended read. This will require high-speed internet and adequate time to view. But important to understanding the state of today's American democracy. Can you imagine if the shoe was on the other foot exactly what would happenhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/13.html#a1639 |