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By Jeff, on September 23rd, 2008 Apparently, I’m prejudiced.
Despite all evidence to the contrary, I persisted in believing an unfounded assumption rather than taking a few minutes to find out the truth. Because of that stupidity, I missed out on some enjoyment. Luckily, I can make up for that in this case. As I’ll come back to, that’s not always true.
The name “Five for Fighting” applied to a music group immediately conjured up images of hard, driving rock music, . . . → Read More: I’m a prejudiced idiot
By Jeff, on January 26th, 2008 Writer’s Blog: Striking Writers Head to Capitol Hill
The writer’s strike continues, though negotiations have started once again. Meanwhile, the writers went and had a mock debate in Washington D.C. to raise awareness. Seems like it was pretty funny…
– On the writers strike: “It would cost Paramount a total of $4.6 million to give the writers everything they’re asking for. That’s half the amount it would take to get Reese Witherspoon into a movie. . . . → Read More: Writer’s Blog: Striking Writers Head to Capitol Hill
By Jeff, on July 21st, 2006 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH | Bryce Zabel: Koppel on Iran
I don’t plan to get into politics too much on this blog, but I do agree with Zabel that this is an excellent and important article for people to read and understand.
By Jeff, on February 16th, 2006 Ohio Board Undoes Stand on Evolution – New York Times (free subscription required)
The Ohio Board of Education voted 11 to 4 Tuesday to toss out a mandate that 10th-grade biology classes include critical analysis of evolution and an accompanying model lesson plan…
Okay… this makes no sense to me. What is the problem with a critical analysis of evolution? Is the case for evolution so bad that it can’t withstand critical analysis?
What is . . . → Read More: Ohio Board Tells Students, “Thinking Isn’t Important”
By Jeff, on January 27th, 2006 Democrats in 2 Southern States Push Bills on Bible Study – New York Times
A couple of Democrats are endorsing a Bible class in public schools—but only if it’s based on a specific textbook about the Bible (“The Bible and Its Influence”) and not the Bible itself (or, for that matter, any other textbook, apparently).
This has stirred up some ill-will among Republicans who have been pushing for Bible classes for years (which the same . . . → Read More: “Bible bill” sponsored by Democrats
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