A graph that explains why the economy is stagnating. It’s because of flawed government policies that continue to pump air into a blown tire.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
Markos Is Unhappy
And I’m feeling a lot of schadenfreude.
Related: did social media usage drive Republicans more than Democrats? That seems counterintuitive but it may be so.
The Coming Higher-Ed Revolution
It’s inevitable, but there will be a lot of vicious fighting in the trenches by the entrenched before it happens.
Politifact
Why it’s worse than worthless.
Climate Change And Evolution
So it’s come to this:
after hearing an increasing number of anecdotes about K-12 teachers being challenged about how they taught climate science to their students, she says she began to see “parallels” between the two debates –namely, an ideological drive from pressure groups to “teach the controversy” where no scientific controversy exists. To get expertise in this area, NCSE hired climate and environmental education expert Mark McCaffrey as its new climate coordinator and appointed Pacific Institute hydroclimatologist Peter Gleick to its board of directors.
“There’s a climate of confusion in this country around climate science,” says McCaffrey, and NCSE’s goal will be to ensure that “teachers have the tools they need if they get pushback and feel intimidated.” Recent surveys, such as one done among K-12 teachers in September by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), suggest that attacks on climate education are far from rare. NSTA found that over half of the respondents reported having encountered global warming scepticism from parents, and 26% had encountered it from administrators. And a December survey from the National Earth Science Teachers’ Association found that 36% of its 555 K-12 teachers who currently teach climate science had been “influenced” to “teach the controversy.”
One of these things is not like the other. And Gleick sounds like a real piece of work.
Longing For The Good Old Days Of Racial Discrimination
…at the University of California. I love the “official” state seal of California.
Oppression Tourism
The alumni association of my alma mater wants to travel to Cuba. Regardless of their saying it’s not about politics, I’ll bet a lot of them are admirers of Castro, which I always think is appalling.
“A Stunningly Stupid Thing To Do”
Newt isn’t pulling any punches on the Keystone decision.
The Oatmeal
…goes after SOPA. Slightly NSFW (some hawt koala/goat lovin’).
Internet Regulation And The Economics Of Piracy
A very good post by Julian Sanchez on why SOPA/PIPA are so bad.