Ed. In the meantime Senator Stephens passed one welfare bill in our cash strapped Senate, Senate Bill 5337, sponsored by Sen. Val Stevens, R-Arlington would allow privately owned airports to apply for state grants and loans funded from aircraft taxes and dealer license and registration fees. F[...]
Posts Tagged ‘politicians’
March 5th, 2011 - 1:44 pm § in Misc.
Expediency vs. Morality
What to do about Libya ought to be a no-brainer. An odious dictator with a long record of sponsoring terrorism is now clinging to power in the face of popular revolt by mowing down unarmed demonstrators with jets, tanks, and machine guns. The Libyan people, who want to get rid of him, are facing [...]
March 5th, 2011 - 10:27 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
PreMeds: A Different View
The chariot scene in the movie Ben Hur has all the trappings of mindless, driven competition .. just like premed? As an MD and an intellectual, I find the chariot race of pre med stultifying. Too many premeds, too few slots result in competitors who mindlessly do selfless things … whether that[...]