Leave it to Bob Herbert to not understand that people who don’t pay taxes, by definition, can’t get a tax cut. *** Update *** According to people I trust in the comments section, I am wrong. There are people who are paying more than payroll tax (8 Million of them) who are not receiving a …
The New “New” Vacation Hot Spot
This doesn’t sound like my cup of tea: Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit group that builds low-cost housing, is opening an unorthodox ”theme park” at its world headquarters this week designed to give tourists a look at the world’s worst slums. Millard Fuller, founder of the organization, said he expects the Global Village & Discovery …
Another Term for The Blog Glossary
First, there was Godwin’s Law. Then there was Jane’s Law. Then Gorejacking. Now, we present you with the newest addition to our glossary: Fringebaiting:\ fringe
John Cole, Staunch Ally of the UN
Dean Esmay is right. The tinfoil hat crowd makes me want to defend the UN.
Hidden Meanings
The Winds of Change has a long and very readable series of posts about why the Democrats are in trouble in 2004, and while they bring up many points (some good, some not so good), I think this comment by Kevin Drum goes farther to illustrate why Democrats are in trouble more than anything described …
Congo Update
While waiting for the woefully undermanned contingent of UN peacekeepers, at least 100 more people were slaughtered in the Congo: At least 100 people were massacred at the weekend in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), near the southern tip of Lake Albert, a Ugandan army officer said on Sunday. A DRC rebel official put …
New Book
My father has just completed his book titled Plugged into English: English and language arts activities for the computer lab, and I thought I might do some free advertising for him. If you are a teacher and are looking the following, or if you know of a teacher who has been complaining that you can …