Year: 2007
BOOKS DEPT.
On My Reading List: The cult of the amateur
I’ve just picked up The Cult of the Amateur: How today’s Internet is killing our culture by Andrew Keen. I spotted the book at Borders and read the jacket copy, which surprised me in its ability to make me seethe with anger: in a hard-hitting and provocative polemic…Andrew Keen exposes the grave consequences of today’s… Read more
CREEPING TOTALITARIANISM DEPT.
Watching the Detectives
Radley Balko on videotaping the police: There’s been a rash of arrests of late for videotaping police, and it’s a disturbing development… … As noted, police are public servants, paid with taxpayer dollars. Not only that, but they’re given extraordinary power and authority we don’t give to other public servants: They’re armed; they can make… Read more
VICE DEPT.
The Eternal Question
Radley Balko comes face to face with the Eternal Question About Politicians: Are they stupid enough to believe what they say? Or is it that they think you’re stupid enough to believe what they say? Read more
EDUCATION DEPT.
You Can’t Touch That
Just when I think the zero tolerance rules in public schools can’t get any more idiotic, this story hits the net: Fairfax County middle school student Hal Beaulieu hopped up from his lunch table one day a few months ago, sat next to his girlfriend and slipped his arm around her shoulder. That landed him… Read more
PHOTOBLOGGING DEPT.
Milwaukee Photos
I took a couple of pictures in and around the hotel where we stayed: Hotel Atrium U.S. Cellular Arena Grand Avenue Mall Somehow, I don’t think the Grand Avenue Mall is the most fun place in Milwaukee for teens to hang out. I think it was this huge list of Stuff You Can’t Do that… Read more
