Wendell Potter, who was the chief PR Officer for Cigna, gave this illuminating and important interview on Bill Moyer’s Journal in February. After adding what he has to say to what I’ve already heard from my father-in-law, I am now persuaded and convinced that the public option is the only viable option for health care [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Knowledge’
Former Elite Health Care Executive Tells All
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, The Daily Life, The Political Farce, tagged American Health Care Debate, Bill Moyers, CIGNA, Health Care, Health Care Debate, Health Care Politics, Health-care Reform, Healthcare, Knowledge, Logic, struggle, Wendell Potter on August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How To Foster and Execute Civil Discourse
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, The Daily Life, The Political Farce, tagged Academic Freedom, anti-intellectuals, argument, Health Care Debate, History, impatience, Knowledge, Logic, logical fallacy, Lost tools of Learning, philosophy, politics, stupid-assed talk show hosts, vigilance on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most of the air I exhale in my home tends toward my vexation at the inability of most contemporary adults to engage in civil discourse. Most discussions on issues have become too contentious and competitive, steering the focus toward victory rather than valuable (free) education. Admittedly, my words have sharpened themselves toward those I have [...]
A Must-Read and a Must-See
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, The Daily Life, The Political Farce, tagged Academic Freedom, asinine, Dialectic, Discourse, History, impatience, Knowledge, Logic, Lost tools of Learning, Must-Read, struggle, wrong on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is not about politics. It is about discourse. Read it. Then– Watch this.
Clarity and Interrelations Explained
Posted in The Daily Life, tagged asinine, facebook, false, fresh air, kill your television, Knowledge, montana, Must-Read, myspace, outside, real, summer, true, twitter on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This article is still (two years later) one of the more compelling and thought-provoking pieces of gear I have read on the web. Now, please go outside and enjoy the air, if only for a moment. Even if you are at work. Even if the shit is hitting the fan. Do it no matter what.
The Infragile Delicacy
Posted in The Daily Life, tagged altitude, Beartooth Highway, blastula, check engine, college, daughter, donkey vaginas, Driving, father, GM, husband, hypercolor, iPod, Knowledge, montana, shitty inventors, spring, wife on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In driving the sometimes-16-foot-wide Beartooth Scenic Byway this afternoon, I realized that for a few moments, everything that symbolized the day was lurking in my car. My daughter maintained her ever-hungry din (although I believe I have fostered an earnest use of the word, “Please,”). My wife endeavored quiet in the face of this din. [...]
Letter to The Whatcom Independent, Jan. 2008
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, tagged Academic Freedom, college, Context, dipshit, Dorothy Sayers, dumbass, Embezzlement, History, idiot, impatience, Knowledge, Lost tools of Learning, Must-Read, Philology, struggle, wrong on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In regard to Paul de Armond’s article about Judge Mura’s ruling in favor (?) of WWU’s actions in the case of Perry Mills: Firstly, embezzlement is very clearly defined (citing the Oxford dictionary): “embezzle |emˈbezəl| verb [ trans. ] steal or misappropriate (money placed in one’s trust or belonging to the organization for which one [...]
An Open Letter to WWU President Bruce Shepard
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, tagged Academic Freedom, dipshit, Dorothy Sayers, dumbass, History, idiot, impatience, Intellect, Knowledge, Lost tools of Learning, Mind, Must-Read, pastime, Perry Mills, Philology, Scholar, Scholarship, struggle, Student, wrong on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Dr. Shepard, I am writing an open letter to you today regarding Professor Perry Mills. I am deeply troubled and still somewhat ashamed by the University’s conduct toward Professor Mills, and the vast misunderstanding that fuels his detractors’ purpose. Their familiar refrain states that Professor Mills engages in slanderous, offensive behavior, cares little for [...]
Cross-Posted from a [mostly] true story: [mostly] Gone
Posted in Cross-Posts, tagged Army Air Corps, Condoms, Hiroshima, History, Kenyan, Knowledge, Persia, Persian Gulf, Polish, Portland Cement, The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw, Utah, WW2, WWII on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, the curator of a [mostly] true story solicited guest posts while he left his desk to go fishing. This is what I wrote: [mostly] Gone I am (as my wife will both attest and accuse) an obsessive man when interested in a field of study, especially when that study yields a significant history. I [...]
