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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Washington Natinals

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No, I didn't make a typo in that title. But Majestic Athletic company did make an error. From ESPN : It was the uniform company's fa...
Friday, April 24, 2009

Louisville Climate Action Report

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The city of Louisville, together with the University and public school system -- aka "The Partnership for a Green City -- this week re...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Quick quacks

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Today, at the Duck of Minerva group IR blog, I posted " Can recession cause regime change? " This piece, exploring whether regimes...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Bolts from the Blue 2009

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For the past few seasons, I've been posting the roster of my entry in the Hardy House fantasy baseball league. On Saturday, April 4, in ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Commodification

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The University of Kansas bookstore is selling debate championship t-shirts! I don't know anyone would believe debate is sponsored by th...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Upside of the downturn?

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Economic recessions cause all kinds of personal and public hardship. However, I've noticed a number of articles explaining the upside of...
Friday, April 10, 2009

2009 Louisville Sluggers

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I know readers have been eager to learn the lineup of my fantasy baseball teams for 2009. When last in action , the Louisville Sluggers of t...
Thursday, April 02, 2009

Ducking out

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Today, at the Duck of Minerva group IR blog, I posted " The new neighbors. " It is about the Obama administration and Europe, with...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

National champions!

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The University of Kansas debate team of Brett Bricker and Nate Johnson has won the 2009 National Debate Tournament in Austin, Texas. They d...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Congratulations, Nayef!

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From the Kenyon College PR Department : President S. Georgia Nugent has announced the appointment of Nayef H. Samhat to the position of prov...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

The Legitimacy of Preventive War?

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On April 8 at 3:30 pm Pacific Time, I'll be speaking against preventive war at the Lewis and Clark College's 47th Annual Internation...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

2009 NCAA tournament

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This is my 2009 NCAA basketball tournament bracket. As you can see, I picked Kansas to lose to West Virginia very early in the tournament. T...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Duck snorts

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Today, at Duck of Minerva, I blogged "Academia and 'JournoList,' " which discusses a left-leaning listserv for journalists...
Monday, March 16, 2009

Sunnyside up?

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Are you paralyzed by the financial crisis and sagging economy? Consider this, from Jonathan Schell (author of The Fate of the Earth ): Parad...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Republic of Texas

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Chuck Norris is apparently thinking about running for the presidency -- of Texas. In anticipation, I'm registering FiveOhFour.org any d...
Saturday, March 07, 2009

Support the Arts in Louisville

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Check out " Spoon River Anthology " by the As Yet Unnamed Theatre Company at the MEX Theatre in the Kentucky Center for the Arts....

The week in review

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Monday, I managed to blog " Iran's bomb " at Duck of Minerva. Tuesday, I attended a luncheon for the Executive Committee of th...
Sunday, March 01, 2009

Grawemeyer talk

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Attention locals who might be interested in the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order : Michael Johnston of Colgate Univers...