dismal failure

Bush's Rating Hits a New Low

Well, our president is getting closer to the bottom of the ratings barrel, set to join Presidents Truman and Nixon at the bottom of the...

I BET WE’RE NOT WELCOME

How ’bout evolved homeschoolers who teach the truth of global climate change (Yes, it’s real) and the socialist/Darwinist/scientific orthodoxy? As a home schooling mom, I welcome any...

Things To Like And Dislike In The Plan To Build Netflix Directly Into Your TV

Various authorized movie download sites have been flopping lately due to various reasons -- but one of the big ones is the continued difficulty in actually being able to watch the downloaded movies...

I Love Paper

Last week, we discussed the differences between reading text printed on dead trees (paper) and reading on a computer screen. I confessed that I'm wedded to my laser printer, since I can only edit...

Civil Rights Commission Urges Law Schools To Release Data [This Post Has Been UPDATED ... and UPDATE

Writing today on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog, Peter Schmidt reports that tomorrow the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will release a report urging law schools to release data on the...

Civil Rights Commission Urges Law Schools To Release Data [This Post Has Been UPDATED]

Writing today on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog, Peter Schmidt reports that tomorrow the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will release a report urging law schools to release data on the...

Civil Rights Commission Urges Law Schools To Release Data [This Post Has Been UPDATED ... and UPDATE

Writing today on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog, Peter Schmidt reports that tomorrow the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will release a report urging law schools to release data on the...

Prison Nation?

Look, I’ll be the first to admit that we have a lot of people in prison, and further admit I think the War on Drugs is the reason (and feel that it is the WoD which should be ended).But this is...

Red vs. Blue: A Poor Ending to a Great Series

The popular web video series Red vs. Blue has put out their 100th and final episode of the series with three alternate endings. It marks the end of one of the staples of the Web 2.0 culture and...

How Will I Know?

This column has been a long, long time coming. After two decades of futility and five years of dismal failure, the Kansas City Royals have done something truly monumental. The team has reached a...

The Suburbs: 'Times' Regional Sections Lonely, Desperate, Maybe Doomed

In May of 2006, New York Times Metro editor Joe Sexton—you remember him as the guy who so unreasonably begged his reporters to come into the office once in a while and be nice to...