I haven’t been able to track down Karl Schwarz or his company, but the points in the letter are very interesting.
Booklet That Upset Mrs. Cheney Is History
The Department of Education destroyed 300,000 parent guides on “How to Help Your Child Learn History” because Mrs. Cheney didn’t like a reference to one of her pet peeves. Big Sister, anyone? Published on Friday, October 8, 2004 by the…
Cost of Adult ADHD
The Adult Form of ADHD Proves Costly for Sufferers September 13, 2004 The adult form of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could be one of the nation’s most expensive health concerns, costing its “adult sufferers billions of dollars each year in…
Teens: Buycott!
Buy Different from the Center for a New American Dream (itself worthy of time) and the World Wildlife Fund is a cool site that helps teens to learn about “buycotting”—putting their money where their beliefs are. I think that’s the…
Brush Up Your Shakespeare!
Treasures in Full: Shakespeare in Quarto The British Library owns 93 copies of Shakespeare’s 21 plays as printed in quarto before the theaters were closed in 1642. Wanna see ’em?
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Win $100k for voting Nope, not a scam. It’s the guys behind the Hot or Not site, just trying to get out the vote.
I Missed This, Somehow
The Freeway Blogger
Huh?
Um, our military is regularly bombing birds. Yes, birds. In the Mariana Islands Birders United to Defeat Bush Maybe they’re a threat to national security?
Jamie Whyte, the Outraged of Highbury
Get it right! This is what I describe as the egocentric approach to truth. You are no longer interested in reality because to do that you have to be pretty rigorous, you have to have evidence or do some experimentation.…
Flip-flopping?
We have a clear vision on how to win the war on terror and bring peace to the world. —George W. Bush July 30th 2004 I don’t think you can win [the war on terror]. But I think you can…