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December 9th, 2012 - 9:02 pm § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: another taliban killed by drone

Sheik Khalid Bin Abdel Rehman Al-Hussainan Dead: Al Qaeda Leader Killed By U.S. Drone In Pakistan’s Tribal Regions  [...]

December 9th, 2012 - 12:59 pm § in Misc.

IS WGU A DIPLOMA MILL? ANOTHER LETTER FROM SOMEONE AT WGU

Yet another WGU Testimonial. Since I first posted on WGU I get these comments. Many are anonymous. Others, like this one, are signed with an email address but .. when I ask for confirmation I dis not get one. The emails always follow the same theme … Lets call the author “William”.[...]

December 9th, 2012 - 9:59 am § in Misc.

UW Professor: RIP

David Bodansky 1924-2012 Today’s Seattle Times contains a three-inch column, paid obit of David Bodansky, a former Chair and long-time Professor of Physics at UW, who died at 88 earlier this month.  I knew him slightly, but greatly respected what I knew: he was a wise and very decent man, des[...]

December 9th, 2012 - 6:35 am § in America, Jews, Politics

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: a frightening story of the nobility and bravery of young Jewish women.

A Hanukkah story of nobility and bravery. As Hannukah approaches tonight, I want to hope that my Christian friends will not mistake this holiday for Christmas.  Hannukah is a holiday of Jewish survival, a story that can be glorious on the rare occasions when we win and sometimes noble even when the[...]