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I Will Not Be Broken

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Editorial Note: I've been working on this review for some time now, and have ended up screwing up so badly by delaying posting it. First off on vacation, then attended a conference, had to catch up with some promised work, and two paper revisions for publication came in and I had to finish those. T ...>

Sex-Ed McCain and Obama

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

By now I bet all of you out there have heard about the ad that the McCain campaign put out accusing Sen. Obama of wanting to teach sex-ed to kindergartners "before they learn to read." There is a growing media backlash against the McCain campaign because, frankly, the ad and the constant lying has ...>

“Truthiness” in Action

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

If you were ever waiting for an example of "Truthtiness" in action, look no further than today's Washington Post. As you will recall, truthiness, a satirical neologism invented by Stephen Colbert back in 2005 (of The Colbert Report fame. I hope you know this and have not been living under a rock), r ...>

Counterattack on Sex. Ed.

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Finally, somebody doing the kind of ad necessary to challenge McCain's deceptive ad on same sex. ed. Notice the framing does not repeat McCain's attack. What it does is challenge McCain on a believable claim "Isn't he just another politician saying whatever to get elected..." making the point that ...>

Back to School


I've just finished my first two weeks of school and I'm enjoying it so far.  I'm the only American in my class--most of the students are Chinese and Mongolian, with one Japanese student.  There is also a Malaysian woman training to be a nun here. Right now she's in the postulancy period, which is ...>

Buddhist Approach Schools and the Promise of…

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Has this worked for Catholic schools? The Buddhist TV Channel has a few articles on Buddhist approach schools -- pretty much what we would call private religious schools here, although they sound a bit more religiously directed in Thailand. Apparently, parents are increasingly interested in this s ...>

Do Jews Need Jesus to be Saved?

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Some Ultra-Catholics I know would say "well, Duh!" Yes, they would agree with the move by some U.S. Bishops to strike (pending Vatical approval) the following sentence from the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults:"Thus the covenant that God made with the Jewish people through Moses remains ...>

NY Times article on Gov. Palin, Ouch

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Ouch is right, this article in The New York Times finally has somebody in the media (besides the ladies of The View, who are, of course, not truly media) looking hard at Gov. Palins' record. Eye-opening. Check it out. ...>

McCain Palin Bumber Sticker for Democrats

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Here it is: McCain/Palin 2008: Thanks, but no, Thanks -- On This Bridge to Nowhere! ...>

Songs About Aging and Mortality

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Jody Rosen over at Slate has a neat article titled: The Pensioner's Playlist: THE 25 GREATEST SONGS ABOUT AGING AND MORTALITY. Some of the tunes highlighted: Fats Waller, "Old Grand Dad" Bill Withers, "Grandma's Hands" Gene Autry, "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" Steely Dan, "Hey Nineteen" ...>

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