Not sure why I’ve been thinking about this recently. This is the first few paragraphs of chapter three of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed: As we attempt to analyze dialogue as a human phenomenon, we discover something which is the essence of dialogue itself: the word. But the word is more than just an […]
Rally for Education in Michigan
A rally in Lansing, Michigan this week that organizers had hoped to draw a few thousand people attracted over 10,000, making it the largest rally at the state capitol in at least 20 years. The rally, organized by the K-16 Coalition for Michigan’s Future, was designed to pressure the state legislature to increase funding for […]
Eugene Kang’s Platform for A2 Council
The Kang campaign just sent me a piece of literature they have been distributing in Ward 2 with a letter from Eugene and his platform for City Council. Here’s the text: EUGENE KANG FOR WARD 2: WAKE UP THE CITY COUNCIL! Dear Neighbor, My name is Eugene Kang, and I am running for Ann Arbor […]
I’m Sorry, Is this Surprising?
Cntr for Public Integrity: Traveling on the Abramoff Plan: Dozens of members of Congress have accepted trips from non-profits with registered lobbyists on their boards —–
DCist Help Wanted
One of the editors of DCist is leaving, and we’re looking for a replacement. Catherine was one of the first people to join Mike and I in our little endeavor, and has been an excellent and reliable blogger and been instrumental helping DCist be so successful. We’ll be sad to see her go! She has […]
Technorati, Live 8 Team Up
The folks at the blog search engine Technorati have teamed up with the organizers of the Live8 concerts to create an “Blog Centralâ€? where they’ll be aggregating blog posts about the concerts. I’m considering going to the Live8 Philly concert, but a friend of mine is in town that weekend so I am not sure […]
Data Mining: So Hot Right Now
> WaPo: “Pentagon Creating Student Database“ > NYTimes: “Age 16 to 25? The Pentagon Has Your Number, and More“ From the NYTimes story: The Defense Department and a private contractor have been building an extensive database of 30 million 16-to-25-year-olds, combining names with Social Security numbers, grade-point averages, e-mail addresses and phone numbers. The department […]