Live Updates Meanwhile, back in Sochi Bob Costas, the NBC sports host, noted how Ukrainian athletes at the games were showing their concern for their country’s political unrest. Costas celebrated the the Sochi Olympics but went on to say , “all of which is truly wonderful, but s[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’
February 15th, 2014 - 9:43 am § in The Ave Scene
A Scot Views Seattle
Real Change Ever notice this man? He is an important part of Seattle, a vendor for “Real Change” You should buy the paper. The paper was founded to provide opportunity and a voice for low-income and homeless people. The transformational magic of Real Change resides in the 1[...]
February 6th, 2014 - 3:42 am § in America
Preschools are a right for women who bear arms.
Why Germany Is Failing to Boost Its Birth Rate As the US authorizes women for combat, the theme of victory is the right of young women to die in combat, That valor is important for personal satisfaction and, supposedly, for careers in the military. The trade-off, however, is that women who ma[...]
January 22nd, 2014 - 1:30 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics, Religion, Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene, UW
Seattle African American-African Diaspora Gathering w/ Ed Murray
More than ever it is vital for the Black community locally as well as nationally to establish a collective set of goals to focus our energy and resources on. Historically, religion, nation of origin, sexual preference, gender, age, class, political views have all been reasons for division. What [...]
January 9th, 2014 - 1:19 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Beyond the Rainbow: In Memory of Dee Dee
we noticed an enormous rainbow forming to the north b, arching through half the sky, immense and intense. It thrilled us by persisting, without fading appreciably, for more than 15 minutes, sometimes supplemented by a parallel second rainbow more faintly trying to appear. When it eventually dissolve[...]
Zealot .. a book about Jesus, called the Christ
I INTRODUCING “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” The new book from Reza Aslan From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that calls into question everything we thought we knew about [...]
November 18th, 2013 - 4:27 am § in Misc.
Sould the UW Privatize and Leave Washington? Ask Mr. Balmer
Tim Egan’s has a very critical comment on Boeing’s decision to have other sates build on a lace tom build the 777x. His comment was inevitable once Boeing moved its home offices to Chicago. Boeing is now a global entity with no more loyalty to Washington State than it does to buil[...]
November 14th, 2013 - 11:05 pm § in Uncategorized
Nehru’s Birthday
As fear is close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness. — Jawaharlar Nehru[...]
Why Do Liberals Diss Charter Schools?
Phil Plait, Slate’s pugilistic anti-anti science journalist, blames charter schools for the use of public money in Texas to teach creationism :“…why is Texas (and with new schools opening, also Arkansas and Indiana) spending a whopping $82 million of taxpayers’ money every y[...]