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The Non Project: Political Fast Food. Or, the End of Public Higher Education.
http://gvb-thenonproject.blogspot.com/2010/12/political-fast-food-or-end-of-public.html
Wednesday, December 29, 2010. Political Fast Food. Or, the End of Public Higher Education. I'm slowly coming to grips with the death of journalism. And as a fan of satire, I'm also getting more comfortable with the idea of fake news shows like The Daily Show. Becoming our last best source for reason and logic. Jon Stewart's role in the eventual passage of the stalled 9/11 responder's bill has been compared to Edward R. Murrow's participation in turning public opinion against Joseph McCarth. It's a brilli...
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The Non Project: Bike to Work Day Blowback
http://gvb-thenonproject.blogspot.com/2011/05/bike-to-work-day-blowback.html
Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Bike to Work Day Blowback. This Friday (May 20th) is Bike-to-Work Day, which I only know because I made the mistake of reading Danny Westneat's short column on "bike bitterness". This morning. The mistake wasn't in reading the column, actually. It was in reading some of the comments that followed. I don't know why I do that, but I'll save that personal psychology for later. I've covered this over at my Real Running Blog. As for licensing cyclists and/or their bikes, the idea itse...
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The Non Project: Screw You Kids!
http://gvb-thenonproject.blogspot.com/2011/12/screw-you-kids.html
Thursday, December 15, 2011. It’s an incomplete and problematic memory, but I remember a time when people talked passionately about investing in the children, about children being the future, about protecting future generations. My parents are very clear that their job in life was to provide a better life for their kids than they had for themselves. Their parents before them charged themselves with the same task. Fuck you kids. You’re screwed. Do it yourself. A year on the sidelines. Mr Graham, by compar...
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The Non Project: December 2011
http://gvb-thenonproject.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html
Thursday, December 15, 2011. It’s an incomplete and problematic memory, but I remember a time when people talked passionately about investing in the children, about children being the future, about protecting future generations. My parents are very clear that their job in life was to provide a better life for their kids than they had for themselves. Their parents before them charged themselves with the same task. Fuck you kids. You’re screwed. Do it yourself. A year on the sidelines. Mr Graham, by compar...
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The Non Project: May 2011
http://gvb-thenonproject.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html
Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Bike to Work Day Blowback. This Friday (May 20th) is Bike-to-Work Day, which I only know because I made the mistake of reading Danny Westneat's short column on "bike bitterness". This morning. The mistake wasn't in reading the column, actually. It was in reading some of the comments that followed. I don't know why I do that, but I'll save that personal psychology for later. I've covered this over at my Real Running Blog. As for licensing cyclists and/or their bikes, the idea itse...
gvb-thenonproject.blogspot.com
The Non Project: December 2010
http://gvb-thenonproject.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html
Wednesday, December 29, 2010. Political Fast Food. Or, the End of Public Higher Education. I'm slowly coming to grips with the death of journalism. And as a fan of satire, I'm also getting more comfortable with the idea of fake news shows like The Daily Show. Becoming our last best source for reason and logic. Jon Stewart's role in the eventual passage of the stalled 9/11 responder's bill has been compared to Edward R. Murrow's participation in turning public opinion against Joseph McCarth. It's a brilli...