Seattle Met Chooses Seattle Up and Coming Leaders Seattle Met is one of those glossy urban magazines one finds in hotel rooms and on the coffee tables of affluent friends. The Met is also an interesting magazine because it has reached out to one the few remaining political reporters in Seattle,[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bill Gates’
January 4th, 2015 - 11:35 pm § in The Ave Scene
Bill Gates Thinks He Is Too Exceptional to Pay Taxes
William Gates III on the left. Alfred E. Newman on the right. French economist Thomas Piketty says the world’s richest man loves everything about his 2014 book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, except for the part about how the rich should pay more in taxes. According to the Huff Post: Bill to[...]
January 27th, 2014 - 4:30 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
UPDATE: A Response to OpEds on GWU
Public-University Group Offers Alternative to Obama’s College-Rating Plan This article in The Chronicle raises the very important issue of standards. Sadly, while this debate is being focused n universities tha[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Gary Locke Resigns
Washington State’s Former Governor, The US ambassador to China, resigns The U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, whose term began in August 2011, said on Wednesday he will step down from his role early next year for personal reasons. He was the first Chinese-American to take the role. Mr. Lo[...]
September 27th, 2012 - 3:18 am § in The Ave Scene
Bill and Melinda make #1 again!
The top 10 people on this year’s Forbes 400 list are: — Bill Gates, $66 billion — Warren Buffett, $46 billion — Larry Ellison, $41 billion — Charles Koch, $31 billion — David Koch, $31 billion — Christy Walton & family, $27.9 billion — Jim Walton, $26.8 billion — Alice Walton, [...]
Yom Kippur: Paul Allen on Non Atonement
As Yom Kippur approaches, Paul Allen speaks on why he feels not need to atone for bad mouhting Bill Gates. Aren’t Christians, billionaires, goyem, rich folk lucky not to have a holiday that makes them apologize? At least Paul might give Bill a megayacht or two! for Xmas?[...]
September 23rd, 2011 - 9:29 am § in Misc.
Was the $5 Billion Worth It?
A decade into his record-breaking education philanthropy, Bill Gates talks teachers, charters—and regrets. from WSJ By JASON L. RILEY (Excerpts) ‘It’s hard to improve public education—that’s clear. As Warren Buffett would say, if you’re picking stocks, you wouldn’t [...]
September 12th, 2011 - 8:48 am § in The Ave Scene
Will Amazon Applesauce Be The BIG Winner?
What future for books in the digital age? As iPads make an appearance in classrooms in France, the question is being asked – are we getting closer to an era of only having electronic and digitised books? In Correze, France the… If this story IS the future, the company that will benefit is Amazon[...]
May 8th, 2011 - 12:55 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW
Speculation: Will Robert Gates be active in the Repubican party?
UPDATE: Friday 9 Sept. Just learned that Robert Gates will be th new President of William and Mary. Big loss for WA. Soon to retire as Defense Secretary, Robert Gates gave a commencement address at WSU. This is not just a May visit by an eminent graduation speaker. Gates is committed to living in [...]
March 28th, 2011 - 5:59 am § in Schools & Colleges
Corresponding with the Gates Foundation about WGU .. is WGU a real university?
I have been corresponding with people at the Gates’ Foundation about their support for WGU. Good people there tell me that Gates has been associated with WGU for some time and is assured that WGU is not another online scheme like Phoenix or Ashford. I have made it clear that I am not oppos[...]