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More politics

I think I’m done whining about the tax holiday nonsense.  I just wish it didn’t get so much exposure.  If it’s a bad idea, the news outlets should have some experts on, talking about how bad it is.  Instead, they just say that McCain and Clinton want the holiday, and Obama doesn’t.  No real depth, […]

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

The ‘E’ Word

A mentor of mine, one Professor Robert Gaebel, used to say that there was nothing wrong with elitism; in fact, elitism is a good thing.  It means that you’re good at something and you know it.  It means that you have either earned or been given some great talent or wealth and that you separate […]

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Hold your hats

Yes, that means that I’m going to start blogging about things that piss me off, again.
It’s how I started, many years ago, updating each silly page by hand-coded HTML, on the University of Akron Server.  It’s how I inspired Greg Haberman to start Cool People From Akron, and it’s how I ultimately began thinking of […]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Democracy inaction

I’m volunteering for several campaigns in and around the Knox county area.  The people I’m supporting are good people who want to help the world they live in.  It’s going to be a good fight and we hope to win.
But all of us kind of understand that it’s not that easy.  Yeah, get elected to […]

Monday, March 31st, 2008