Today is Super Tuesday here in the good ‘ole US of A. That means a good number of states vote in primaries to pick a person to run for president in November. I’ve been following presidential politics since 2000 and this one really stands out as odd. I know five primary Read more…
Today is the day to vote here in America. So go forth, use your power to decide the fate of the country. I’ll wait. Okay, now that that’s done let’s talk about the absurdity of this whole voting thing. I have before me 27 different elections to vote in today. Governor, Read more…
Let me preface this by saying I haven’t been keeping a close tab on all the details, nor do I have a definitive opinion on the matter myself. But I do have an opinion on certain people’s opinions. So, Syria. Bad things are happening there. The UN is paralyzed due Read more…
There’s been a lot going on this week in the political world. First, the bad. The Supreme Court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act. There have been some pretty draconian efforts of late to suppress the vote across the country. Texas wasted no time in declaring they would Read more…
I completely missed it but I made my 500th post here on the blog the other day. This one actually ends up being 503. “iPad vs Kindle Fire vs Galaxy” ended up being number 500. An interesting discussion but not really a good reflective topic. I started writing here almost Read more…
I’ve written here a number of times about my view on various political topics. Sometimes I’ve been guilty of exactly what I’m going to talk about today. Today I want to take a bigger picture look at things in an effort to summarize what could be the simplest (and therefore most Read more…
I wrote awhile ago about the growing resistance to the excessive testing in schools over the last decade. Now, the resistance is spreading. Today in Colorado, a massive student walkout of the states TCAP test is being orchestrated. Either by simply walking out of the test or skipping school entirely Read more…
Woohoo!! Teachers at a Garfield High School in Seattle have become the first ones to take a stand against stupid standardized testing. The state’s MAP test is like many tests across the country. It requires hours of class time for students to be tested several times throughout the year. Its Read more…
The Save Texas Schools group is putting together a rally on Feb 23 to oppose Governor Perry’s plan to begin a voucher system here in Texas. The school system here is in serious trouble after the horrendous budget cuts that have been levied on them and the onerous test burden Read more…
Oh the new year. A time for reflection and speculation. What does 2013 have in store for us? Games Starting out on the shallow side of things, let’s look at the world of gaming. What am I looking forward to in 2013? Predestination Stardrive X-Rebirth Repopulation You’ll notice only one Read more…