One is requested to eat local produce but this is not always easy. There is “Louisiana” coffee but it is not actually local. The local sugar and rum do come from our very own cane fields. There is Louisiana wine but I dislike it, and now there is Louisiana olive oil but it is very … More On Rice
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) announced Friday that he will be offering a privileged resolution (H RES 333) on the House floor Tuesday, November 6, that will bring articles of impeachment against the Vice President, Richard B. Cheney. Please contact your representative today to ask for their support. There is popular support for this initiative which … More Impeach.
In rebellion against faux science, and in honor of Peripersonal Space who has announced that the dichohtomy between emotion and reason is false, I hereby designate myself a Hard Bloggin’ Scientist. Click on the badge and you will see what this entails. As a Hard Bloggin’ Scientist I now call for solidarity with and sympathy … More Hard Bloggin’ Scientist
“These are malicious people. These are stone-hearted people. They were celebrants of Matt Snyder’s death.” Via A Gentleman’s C. Observe news and calls for action on immigration from Citizen Orange. Wear white today for Oxalá. Êpa babá, Oxalá! Axé.
These are the Days of the Dead, and I am, as you know, a sculpted skull on a stela at Copán. We are busy celebrating, and I have begun an enormous writing project. I will be back, although not always on my original schedule of one post a day. Curious newcomers are welcome to browse … More Todos los Santos, Día de los Muertos
1. Now it is Hallowe’en and I have a pumpkin and a black Cat. I admire the Cat who admires Birds; we both dislike Rats. We are lighting candles, pouring out rum for the saints, and reading Voltaire. 2. In news, Shakespeare’s Sister has an excellently reasoned critique of Clinton and Obama that everyone should … More Écrasez l’Infâme
Mes chers lecteurs et lectrices, this quiz is not a game. It is the best quiz ever, a Sustainability Quiz. My responses indicate that if every member of this planet lived as I do, we would need an additional 4.9 planets to sustain us. I must tone things down instantly. I will walk to work … More Sustainability Quiz
My representative says: The AAUP recently published a bar graph (Trends in Faculty Status, 1975-2005, All Degree-Granting Institutions, National Totals) showing trends in faculty status nationally. The following table summarizes the same information. full-time tenured: 36.5 (1975), 33.1 (1989), 21.8 (2005) full-time tenure track: 20.3, 13.7, 10.1 full-time non-track: 13.0, 16.9, 20.1 part-time: 30.2, 36.4, … More From the AAUP
“On July 10, Brazilian President Inácio Lula da Silva announced his intention to fulfill one of the Brazilian Navy’s ultimate dreams: to launch a nuclear-powered submarine. This idea was originally hatched during the era of military rule from the 1960s to 1980s but floundered due to a lack of funds and priority status. It has … More Nuclear Brazil
I need to write the journalistic article I discuss here and two academic articles, and I need to do these things very soon. But it is Sunday and everyone in town but my pagan self is in church confessing, so I will confess, too. I dislike a post to which I will not link and … More In Church
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