This doesn’t sound like my cup of tea: Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit group that builds low-cost housing, is opening an unorthodox ”theme park” at its world headquarters this week designed to give tourists a look at the world’s worst slums. Millard Fuller, founder of the organization, said he expects the Global Village & Discovery …
Archives for June 2003
Another Term for The Blog Glossary
First, there was Godwin’s Law. Then there was Jane’s Law. Then Gorejacking. Now, we present you with the newest addition to our glossary: Fringebaiting:\ fringe
John Cole, Staunch Ally of the UN
Dean Esmay is right. The tinfoil hat crowd makes me want to defend the UN.
Hidden Meanings
The Winds of Change has a long and very readable series of posts about why the Democrats are in trouble in 2004, and while they bring up many points (some good, some not so good), I think this comment by Kevin Drum goes farther to illustrate why Democrats are in trouble more than anything described …
Congo Update
While waiting for the woefully undermanned contingent of UN peacekeepers, at least 100 more people were slaughtered in the Congo: At least 100 people were massacred at the weekend in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), near the southern tip of Lake Albert, a Ugandan army officer said on Sunday. A DRC rebel official put …
New Book
My father has just completed his book titled Plugged into English: English and language arts activities for the computer lab, and I thought I might do some free advertising for him. If you are a teacher and are looking the following, or if you know of a teacher who has been complaining that you can …
And They Wonder…
Two nude female anti-G8 protesters, one with a slogan painted on her back, take to the streets in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday, May 31, 2003. Slogan reads: ‘Shame on G8! Not on me.’ Some 25 naked protesters blocked roads and shouted anti-G8 slogans to protest against the G8 summit in the neighboring …