Two Sides to the Same Racial Rhetoric
There seems to be these periodic calls for "racial dialogue in America". Yet the Reid comment, which seems to me like a pretty good opportunity, was was largely quashed with an apology and "let's move...
View ArticleNah, I Won’t Be Writing About Media 2010
J. Eric Smith noted that we used to be blogging neighbors on the TU page before they changed the system so that only the most recent bloggers in the section (ours being "Lifestyle", whatever THAT...
View ArticleThe Copyright Law Is A Ass
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution, known as the Copyright Clause, the Copyright and Patent Clause (or Patent and Copyright Clause), the Intellectual Property Clause and...
View ArticleSecrets of the public bathroom
WHY, starting at about fourth or fifth grade, did the girls in my school almost always go to the restroom in at least pairs?
View ArticleGingrich disingenuous in his criticism of Obama re Rayvon Martin
I certainly got "The Talk". Or more correctly, my sisters and I got a series of messages, spoken and unspoken, about the way to speak, how to address authority figures such as the police, where to be...
View ArticleJournalism, by Joe Sacco – a review
Cartoonist/war correspondent Joe Sacco’s new book, JOURNALISM (Metropolitan Books; on sale June 22, 2012) is doing an interesting thing, addressing wars and other conflicts in recent human experience...
View ArticleYou work too hard to take this abuse
When you're in a situation in which someone has said or did something wrong to you, and you don't have the opportunity and/or the desire to respond in kind, what mechanism do YOU use to get past the...
View ArticleRosa Parks was a troublemaker – I mean that in a GOOD way
Monday, February 4, 2013 would have been Rosa Parks' 100th birthday. In honor of that, the Postal Service is offering a Parks FOREVER stamp.
View ArticleNPR alters Gillibrand profile: no more “girlie” voice
The whole affair led some, including NPR affiliate North Country Public Radio in upstate New York, to ask if the portrayal of Gillibrand was sexist.
View ArticleLove and cheating, and what I don’t understand
There's something about failing in small things that might well be a projection of failing in more substantial things. Or not.
View ArticleFitting the profile
Did any of you experience similar treatment, and how did you respond?
View ArticleThe Census site with Congressional district data is cool. Really.
The cliche is "Knowledge is power", but it is no less true for that.
View ArticleThe 2013 quiz
So you think that you've got troubles? Well, trouble's a bubble, So tell old Mr. Trouble to "Get lost!".
View ArticleMeta: finding the right platform for your blog
John Rodat noted that the post-social-media boom platforms are designed to facilitate sharing, in an almost content-neutral way..
View ArticleJudgmental Map of Albany
You can submit a Judgmental Map yourself; someone was clamoring for Saratoga Springs.
View ArticleThe JCC ticks off many with its “retro” membership ad
if I had made such a mistake, and received as much negative feed back as the JCC has from the community, I would most certainly immediately remove the sign and end the campaign, not justify and defend...
View ArticleRemembering Francis Bellamy
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
View ArticleThe Ghetto Chopper T-shirt thing
Was the altered Price Chopper logo protected speech, as a trademark parody?
View ArticleRace, bias and fear of death in policing, by Bradley Russell
The trend of citizens being killed by policehas been steadily climbing for the past two decades.
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