October 2008
21 posts
“I admit to a personal interest. I have a 9-year-old son named Omar. I firmly believe that he will be able to do absolutely anything he wants in this country when he grows up. But I admit that I will feel more confident about his future if a man named Barack Obama became president of the United States.”
—A Case for Obama
“Will their schools pro-actively model and teach the safe and appropriate use of these digital tools or will they reactively block them out and leave students and families to fend for themselves?”
—Blocking the Future
“…almost every important issue in the campaign revolves around science – like health, climate change, environment, energy – all these have scientific underpinnings…”
—Science Matters 2008
“My Beerbelly, which fit comfortably over my beer belly, contained two cans’ worth of Bud Light at the time of the inspection. It went undetected. The eight-ounce bottle of water in my carry-on bag, however, was seized by the federal government.”
—The Things He Carried
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
—Martin Luther King Jr
“I’m envisioning a sort of “driver’s ed” class without the car, the road, or other drivers. Perhaps an instructor sitting in the front of the class having the students practice hand signals and making vrroom-vrroom noises.”
—In response to: Congress Passes Bill Mandating Online Safety Education
“Governor Palin, if paying taxes is not considered patriotic in your neighborhood, who is going to pay for the body armor that will protect your son in Iraq?”
—Palin’s Kind of Patriotism
