Who Needs School?
I’ve mentioned MITs OpenCourseware before (somewhere–I’m not looking for it right now). Such things are widely available all over the web. For example, THE work on systems analysis, Herman Kahn’s Techniques of Systems Analysis, is available as a free download from the Rand Corporation.
With such sites as Project Gutenberg and many other organizations and universities making literature and courses available for free, anyone with the mental horsepower, the desire and access to a computer or a public library (most have computers available now) can have not only the usual library resources available but a world of educational enrichment at their fingertips.
I used to haunt the public libraries where we lived when I was a kid. School libraries all the way through grad school , most definitely ALL the school libraries I could reach–collections varied. *heh* I needed “The Second Sex” for a research paper once and the ONLY copy available in five college libraries (and two public) consulted was Le Deuxieme Sexe. Right. In French. Thanks to a good French prof, that was OK. (Of course, it was also fun when the prof asked me to translate material I cited. *heh* What? Didn’t think I’d actually read the horrible book? Simone de Beauvoir was one kinky, twisted woman. Still, I’d probably have been less critical of the book had I not known her history.)
Anywho… off the rabbit trail, now and back on track. If you’ve not learned anything new today, you’ve wasted your time so far. Go. Learn. Grow.
(OK, I’ll admit that formal schooling has its uses, but the way public schools (AKA, “prisons for kids”) are going and the manner in which colleges and universities have become low-class diploma mills for sub- and illiterates, the value of such things is rapidly approaching large negative numbers. Trade schools and such like: great for training, not so much for education–and yes, the two are very different things.)
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Time March 21, 2008 at 2:46 PM
The Race about Race…
Barack Obama’s website takes issue with the Fox and Friends morning show and the fact that they spent a great deal of time discussing the use of the phrase “typical white person” which Obama used to describe his grandmother. Chris Wa…
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Time March 21, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Correction, Open Trackback Weekend…
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Time March 21, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Webb Wilder — Rock Idol For Idle Youth — One Of My Favorite Artists…
I’ve been a huge Webb Wilder fan ever since I saw him featured on an MTV segment many years ago about the Austin music festival. Enjoy the videos and remember the Webb Wilder credo: WORK HARD – ROCK HARD – EAT HARD – SLEEP HARD – GROW BIG – WEAR GLAS…
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Time March 21, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Brite Divinity School To Honor Jeremiah Wright…
In this article at the American Thinker, Lee Cary asks some very interesting questions. Because the school is getting inundated with calls, they’ve decided to move the award ceremony off campus. Still, I don’t believe that is enough.
See:…
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Time March 21, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Help Chicago Area Gun Owners…
ISRA URGENT ALERT – YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED
The Cook County Board, Illinois (Chicago and surrounding area) are up to their old tricks again.
In order to justify passage of gun control ordinances designed to close all gun shops and ban and…
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Time March 21, 2008 at 6:47 PM
is this for real–a gay terrorist?…
From Americans for Truth about Homosexuality.
Personally, I think this isn’t that much different than this.
I actually find what is acceptable in their culture very disturbing…not to mention honor killings, and their treatment of women in…
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Time March 21, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Brite Divinity School Accused of Violating Its Own…
? . . .Among some of Wright’s more provocative doctrines are his claims that Jesus is black; that merging Marxism with the Gospel may show the way to a better tomorrow; and that the white church in America is the Antichrist because it supported slave…
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Time March 22, 2008 at 12:48 AM
“The Essential Pigeon” Reading List…
If you’ve been reading since the beginning I invite you to revisit my favorite posts; and if your new to the roost, I hope this sample of what I consider my finest work brings you back for more!…
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Time March 22, 2008 at 12:57 AM
Spc. Glenn Johnson Gives Special Birthday Surprise…
Amber Birdsall only wanted one thing for her 7th birthday. She wanted her stepfather to be home to help her celebrate. That wasn?t very likely to happen seeing as her stepfather was serving a ten month tour in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Amber told her mot….
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Time March 22, 2008 at 1:12 AM
Cpl. David Thibodeaux Sings Not Ready to End the F…
I know that nobody has heard from the Dixie Chicks in a long time. We?d probably just move on from the sedition and treason they committed in order to increase sales on their albums….
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Time March 22, 2008 at 1:24 AM
Bill Richardson Endorces Obama and Hopes You Forgo…
There?s a big hullabaloo today about Governor Bill Richardson?s endorsement of Barack Obama. The endorsement was hailed as an important endorsement. It is thought that it will bring Hispanics to feast at Obama?s…
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Time March 22, 2008 at 1:36 AM
Demonstrations in Denmark…
The Danes are getting really tired of their flag getting burned. The website called Stop Islamisation Of Europe (SIOE) has a report on a demonstration that was held in Denmark….
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Time March 22, 2008 at 1:43 AM
Open Topic: The Tibet Crisis…
An open thread on the current Tibet crisis!…
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Time March 22, 2008 at 1:45 AM
Saudi Arabia Tries to Reign in Imams…
The Saudis are trying to reign in their more militant Imams by disseminating a more moderate form of Islam. Its sorta like a re-education program. Its a program they started a few years ago when it became apparent that security measures alone would n…..
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Time March 22, 2008 at 3:30 AM
The Italian Bankruptcy…
Alitalia appears more than ever en route to bankruptcy, after its proposed sale to Air France-KLM ran into political turbulence and unions insisted on having the right to re-negotiate the merger terms.
Center-right leade…
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Time March 22, 2008 at 3:48 AM
Geno’s again as I offer some random thoughts…
Last night I posted a blog in which I addressed “Shelli’s” comments about Geno’s in Philly. She was upset and expressed herself rather forcefully, which I rebutted.
Today she wrote me in response, and took the time to express what she di…
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Time March 22, 2008 at 4:04 AM
Saturday Photohunt…
This week’s Photohunt Saturday theme is Metal. We took this photo of the kids behind the Contemporary Resort when we took them to Disney three years ago. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. The boy is……
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Time March 22, 2008 at 8:14 AM
Obama’s Church: Hamas and Marxism…
Obama may be able to pull off the I don’t agree with my Pastor argument, but how is he going to deny the doctrine of the church he’s been attending for twenty years?STACLU: Even more radical! His church published the…
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Time March 22, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Happy Easter 2008…
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto…
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Time March 23, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Obama and Race…
Podcast Show Notes
Obama has mentioned typical white people. We take a look into the diary of one . (Hat Tip: Right Wing News.)
Lyndie England and the media’s irresponsibility at Abu Gharib. (Hat Tip: Right Wing News.)
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Time March 23, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Is the Earth still warming?…
No, actually, there has been cooling, if you take 1998 as your point of reference. If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued….
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Time March 23, 2008 at 10:21 PM
That’s HoT!..NOT…
There is nothing more misogynistic than the lie that women dressing in a hyper-se-xualized way is somehow affirming and “empowering”.
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Time March 24, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Apparently the Earth is a bit more robust than climatologists predicted…
More Global Warming truth that the media finds inconvenient:
Earth a little more resilient than computer models
The Australian reports a few inconvenient truths regarding global climate change that have yet to receive much attention …
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Time March 24, 2008 at 1:01 AM
The ‘Cavalry’ supports the USMC in Berkeley…
Photos: The counterinsurgency in Berkeley
Catherine Moy and Melanie Morgan continue to keep vigil at the Berkeley Marine recruitment center. They sent me these pictures taken earlier today of the pro-troops counterprotesters who showed up…
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Time March 24, 2008 at 1:40 AM
The Democrat’s dirty little secret: The Super Delegates…
John Yoo dissects a very disturbing reality hiding in the closet in the Democrat party, the mysterious Super Delegates.
This election has, if nothing else, exposed the Democrat party’s structure which is potentially very undemocratic.
T…
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Time March 21, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Richardson to the rescue !…
Like Mighty Mouse here to save the day — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson swoops in to save the day by endorsing Barack Obama for President of the United States. What timing! I can hear the butt-kissing all the way…