Washington’s ref 1098, a surtax on the very wealthy, succumbed to an effort to paint it as tax increase. Now State Rep. Larry Seaquist (D-Gig Harbor) is offering a very clever alternative: ask the voters to fund real needs by eliminating nonproductive tax preferences, loopholes. David Go[...]
Archive for December, 2010
December 28th, 2010 - 12:01 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Cut the loopholes, fund REAL needs.
UW seen from conservative eyes.
The University of Washington By Michael J. Thompson, on Aug 14, 2010 The UW is seen by many on the right as a frivolity, a place where elitist profs teach meaningless courses. This post is part of a more serious consideration by CampusReform.org, Their guide to the nation’s top 100 colle[...]
Ardipithecus and the research university
from the Berkeley Blog Kevin Padian, professor of paleontology and evolutionary biology at Berkeley (and a cousin of mine) has previoulsy spoken out against the farce of intelligent design, earning him an ironic comparison to Archie Bunker (click on image). His post in the Berkeley Blog addresses a [...]
December 27th, 2010 - 12:53 pm § in Uncategorized
Honest Labelling of Health Charities
Health charities .. charities built around key diseases from the AIDS Action Committee to the Zero (prostate) Foundation ….all ask for money. As a recipient of moneys from one of these, the American Heart Association, I worry that the generosity of the public is strained by HUGE differences [...]
Third World in America I.
A boy can’t get to school because of crumbling roads and sewage. E.J. Montoya, 16, has the well-muscled shoulders of a football player and a glossy, black braid down his back. He is a member of the Santa Ana Pueblo, one of the 22 tribes in New Mexico. On the reservation, Montoya lives with his[...]
Of Tea Parties, Pot, and Lysenko
Original date: 12 Dec 2010, updates Jan 23, 2011 Ain’t democracy wunnaful? In older systems, the king or dictator could rule his reality into truth. The Popes ruled the solar system into a geo centric orbit. Canute ruled the tides not to come in. Stalin ruled DNA out and dialectical materialis[...]
Wide Receiver Wins Rhodes!
On the afternoon of the final game of the regular football season, Baltazar ‘Zar’ A. Zavala ’11 opened up a text message informing him that he had received a Rhodes Scholarship! Zar was a walk on, During his first year at the university, Zavala walked on to the football team and reveled in t[...]
December 23rd, 2010 - 10:57 am § in The Ave Scene
Where can I eat on THE Ave?
Hillel at the PI’s tasting menu has a pretty snarky comment about cheap food in Portland vs. Seattle. He says, “Portland, Oregon is filled with multiple clusters of street food vendors organized in little parks of vans, trucks, trailers, and shacks. Some of the street food is ok, but a n[...]
UW Alums Lobby for The UDub.
UW alumni have formed a PAC, UW Impact, to promote the UDub in Olympia and across the State. The cast is impressive, Chris Vance a high profile Republican, joins Christian Sinderman, neither a UW grad, will be paid lobbyists. This may be good news. The challenge UW Impact faces is huge. Financia[...]
December 22nd, 2010 - 5:01 pm § in Misc.
Missing Link Found! Neanderthals Persist and Believe in Creationism!
The tip of a girl’s ’s finger from a cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains says the neanderthal genome lives on! see Nature Now what will our friends the creationists do? and what is there about the French and the Han having a common ancestor? In the meantime: “PRINCETON, NJ — Four[...]