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NYTimes: In Study, Online Education Beats Classroom
From The New York Times: BITS: In Study, Online Education Beats Classroom Education that includes at least some online work is more effective than classroom-only teaching, according to a major research review done for the Department of Education. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/index.html
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» Them versus us - Los Angeles Times
From the very beginning of our national history, Americans have been arguing about the proper role of government. Put succinctly, the dispute is between those who regard government as “them” and those who see it as “us.”
Jul 30
“ It’s hard to imagine that too-cool-for-school, organic-garden-in-the-White-House Barack “Barry” Obama has a secret thirst for Budweiser, over a rich Magic Hat No. 9 or Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale. Here is a man who just a few weeks ago boldly opted to put Dijon mustard on his hamburger! Was this past week so bad that he felt the need to identify himself with the safe choice of asking for the Heinz ketchup of beers? For a guy who used to give stirring speeches from the stage of the Parthenon, the president’s decision to order a Bud was disturbingly uninspired.
Jul 23
NYTimes: The Irksome Cellphone Industry
From The New York Times: STATE OF THE ART: The Irksome Cellphone Industry By DAVID POGUE Unfair and anticompetitive practices include text-messaging fees, double billing and international roaming charges…. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/technology/personaltech/23pogue.html
Jul 21
“ It is not a theocracy anymore,” said Rasool Nafisi, an expert in Iranian affairs and a co-author of an exhaustive study of the corps for the RAND Corporation. “It is a regular military security government with a facade of a Shiite clerical system.
