Author Archives: 20lbcat

NYT on the arrest of suspect in Annie Le’s killing: Chief Lewis would not provide a motive beyond saying: “It is important to note that this is not about urban crime, university crime, domestic crime but an issue of workplace violence, which is becoming a growing concern around the country.” Why is it so important [...]

Remember back in grade school when the teacher would address the entire class as one and say you need to work harder, you didn’t do well on a test, you did wonderfully on a test, you make him/her proud, you’re a disappointment? It’s a challenge to effectively work with a group of students, each of [...]

Looks like I just missed a big rally against the SDSU budget cuts yesterday. I might not have fit in, protesting against all the funding they still get. From a student: “The human carnage from this fiscal train wreck will be felt in this state for a generation.” Human carnage? Dear. Sounds awful. “Higher education, [...]

Here’s a trailer for Michael Moore’s new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story. This guy’s occasionally pissed about the same things that I’m pissed about. This one looks like it might actually be good, save one small but critical error: he’s not talking about capitalism. The premise of the movie (call it a documentary if you [...]

I just read a great article by Daniel Krawisz, making a case against intellectual property. Read the whole thing here. Intellectual property has always given me a weird feeling. It seemed to me that something was wrong there, but I could never figure it out. This article got me to look at it from a [...]