Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteMovie industry buries report proving pirates are great consumers | Geek.com. The discussion is worth reading; at least the first few posts. While it is certainly true that there are crooks and shysters in the US too, I will grant … Continue reading
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Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are plenty of reasons to support things like the Space Program….. The truth about NASA’s space tech spinoffs – Technology & science – Innovation – msnbc.com. “NASA has recorded about 1,600 new technologies or inventions each year for the … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy Don’t Farm Animals Get the Respect Pets Do? – NYTimes.com. This article is well worth the read. It makes me sick to see animals living like the ones in the HSUS video. Now, understand that I do not trust … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists Fault Universities as Favoring Research Over Teaching – Research – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Yup. Heard it before. The entire time I was at the University of Calgary I kept hearing about how important research was and based … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe overblown crisis in American education : The New Yorker. The author is claiming that things aren’t that bad. More people are going to school than they did 100 years ago and there are lots more wanting to get in. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesVideo Games – In Medal of Honor, Role Playing Includes Taliban – NYTimes.com. Real live soldiers are dying for the cause of freedom (not to mention piles of innocent bystanders), yet having the freedom to play what you want and … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIs the US getting dumber and meaner? I know those seem like harsh criticisms, but I’m really starting to wonder.I used to think the US had it better than we did. I don’t think so anymore. We have great controversy … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve seen this before. Summer Vacation is once again under attack in the U.S. See: The Case Against Summer Vacation – TIME. There is no question that formal education is broken in the U.S. (To be fair, it isn’t so … Continue reading