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Date: February 13th, 2008

Danish backbone

13 February, 2008 (16:10) | Blogging, GWOT, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

Danish newspapers have demonstrated a level of backbone apparently missing in their American counterparts. After the arrests of the terrorists conspiring to kill one of the artists of the so-called “Cartoon Mohammads,” they’ve reprinted the cartoon that caused the death threats to begin with. The solidarity of the Danes has inspired solidarity in American (and [...]

Math education throughout the past half-century

13 February, 2008 (10:35) | Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

Like the man says: Heh!™ The folks at Argghhh!!! have a lovely post up about some of the differences in teaching math that have appeared in the past 50 years. Hey, got a chuckle out of me. It starts with: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5ths [...]

An Archbishop of Canterbury’s Tale, revised.

13 February, 2008 (07:33) | Politics | By: ricjames

Iowahawk has re-cast the classic Chaucer for this modern era and scores big in the process. Nicely done!