March 2008
7 posts
The immigration 'problem': Can one man's trash be...
In class today, we talked about immigration. All I heard people say was “blah blah blah fix the problem of immigration” and “well, the immigration problem leads to blah blah blah.”
After a while I decided I’d had enough. The next time somebody said it, I interrupted with “you mean the immigration opportunity, right?”
What do you think? Is immigration...
12 controversial Wikipedia pages →
From The Onion’s AV Club, this article details twelve Wikipedia entries about which there have been many arguments. Some were disagreements over what sorts of sexual material should be included, while others were about the true meaning of an encyclopedia. Do you think these kinds of arguments exist at “real encyclopedias”? I think the fact that these arguments exist is a...
Call on Obama
Here’s an analogy I just came up with:
iPhone : smartphones :: Obama : politicians
“The campaign also said Mr. McCain regularly took Vytorin to lower his...”
– from a New York Times article about McCain’s health history and future. Talk about transparency. Do we really need to know what medicines he takes for allergies? If everybody’s being honest here, let’s hear how he keeps things interesting with his young wife.
6 New Yorkers' Secrets →
I especially liked the one about the cabbie who is an analyst for J.P. Morgan. What are your thoughts about the doctor who smokes pot after work? Let me know in the comments.
The Wrong Enemy
I wrote this for my Public Policy seminar, “Civic Participation and Community Leadership.” I thought my readers would enjoy it. Feel free to sound off if you agree or disagree.
~~~ Durham, NC “Oh, the campaign is going very well—very, very well,” Clinton assured the similarly (terribly) dressed Amy Poehler, a Clinton impersonator. Clinton continued, speaking in a deep, sarcastic,...