lullaby pit

Periodically some issue or another flares up in a way that calls to mind how the words we use to describe certain people, groups, and conditions come into and fade out of fashion. For instance, I have been upbraided on occasion by people who don’t like some of the words I use in talking about the disabled. In these cases

drdenny sent this along earier today. Before I launch in, let me note that the following isn’t intended as a scattershot against the whole concept of accountability, and there are people noted in the article that are behaving in what seem to be intelligent ways. That said, there are moments where other kinds of motivations become apparent to the critical

I was thinking yesterday about one of my purposes in founding – the need for us to think our way past “mere partisanship.” Then this morning I noted the 5e post by Brian from daedalnexus and the response from nsingman on the state of our health care system, and it seemed a perfect example of the kind of challenge I

If you haven’t taken the Political Compass test, you really should. For those unfamiliar with the working theory, basically this measure sees the standard left/right dichotomy as being woefully inadequate for explaining the realities of American political life. In their view, you really have to consider both economic and social scales to get a true read on somebody’s orientation. For

WASHINGTON – Two years to the day after Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith was killed defending his unit from an enemy attack near the Baghdad airport, President Bush on Monday presented his family the first Medal of Honor awarded in more than a decade. Story… As you’ve probably noticed, the awarding of the Medal of Honor to Sgt.

I hope whoever replaces Betsy Hoffman at CU speaks English. ___________________________ TO: Boulder Campus Teaching & Research Faculty, Staff, Deans, Directors, Dept Chairs, System Administration FROM: President Hoffman DATE: Monday, April 4, 2005 SUBJECT: Revised APS on Conflict of Interest in Cases of Amorous Relationships Dear CU Community: I am writing to tell you that I have approved a revised

I’m not a Catholic, but I certainly understand the importance of the Roman Catholic Church and the papacy to the life of world affairs. As John Paul II’s health has declined in recent months, I’ve begun wondering what his death will mean for us. His successor (who I’m desperately hoping decides to call himself Pope George Ringo, btw) will assume

I’m pleased to announce the launch of yet another LJ community – really, LJ needs more communities, you know? Anyway, after a lot of snooping and deliberating a few of us decided to start a new forum. We like a lot of the ones we currently frequent, and we have no plans to abandon the wonderful places that we already

Odom Close to Taking Virginia Job By Mark Schlabach and Eric Prisbell Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, April 4, 2005; Page D09 ST. LOUIS, April 3 — Virginia Athletic Director Craig Littlepage has offered the school’s head coaching vacancy to South Carolina Coach Dave Odom, whom two sources said Sunday night was poised to accept the job. Wow – the

Anna Quindlen’s column in the current Newsweek provides a thoughtful reflection on the Schiavo case and what it really means for us (past the fake wailing and gnashing of teeth from certain politicans, that is). She says, in part: There are many ways in which this case has been divvied up in public. Spouse vs. parents. Liberals vs. conservatives. Secular

Ms. Wheelchair stripped of title for standing up APPLETON, Wisconsin (AP) — Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin has been stripped of her title because pageant officials say she can stand — and point to a newspaper picture as proof. Fine – interesting enough human interest kind of story, I suppose. But I found in the CNN.com top stories section. I was going

DENVER, Colorado (AP) — Colorado Gov. Bill Owens apologized for saying “the natives are getting restless” during a conference on tribal gambling. Owens made the remark at the Western Governors’ Association Summit after a participant’s microphone wouldn’t work and he urged it be fixed quickly. Some attendees told the Rocky Mountain News the audience fell silent, then groaned and chuckled.

Among other things, XM and Sirius have announced plans to merge. XM, SIRIUS TO MERGE With an unanticipatedly quick technological breakthrough allowing interoperablity for Sirius and XM receivers, the two companies will announce later today that they are merging to form Your Satellite Radio (YSR). “They were the technology leaders,” Mel Karmazin, Sirius’s chief executive, said of XM. “We were

Item of note: State of the Blogosphere: Increase in post volume mostly Josh Marshall on Social f#@king Security Blah Blah Blah As we drilled a little deeper into David Sifry’s excellent State of the Blogosphere report, we discovered that the numbers aren’t as encouraging as we first thought. While Sifry found that Technorati is logging about 500,000 posts a day

Oh, joy. Questions surround cash flow at university The Internal Revenue Service is investigating two summer football camps run by University of Colorado coach Gary Barnett. Both Barnett and his attorney acknowledged the investigation Wednesday, but said they were not sure what tax issues the IRS is looking into. … Barnett’s lawyer, John Rodman, described the investigation as “broad” and