fice March 6th, and nothing in or out since.
Megan McArdle recently wrote about grade inflation and grade 'compression' at the university level. Here's a little scandal that underlines another side of the problem - out and out grade fraud.
But what would you expect? Major sport college athletes are a big investment. Couldn't have them become academically ineligible. I have friends who teach at various universities and I've been astonished at the stories they've told. Serious pressure can be brought to bear on any academic who's grading threatens the athletic department, frequently the university's biggest cash cow.
Well there's the problem, the economic "Recovery remains reclusive." No that's not a typo. At least not on my part.
The Denver Post has an article today on Dennis Gingold, plantiff's attorney in Cobell V. Norton. One government lawyer calls him 'The Terrorist.' Not surprising considering he's ".. forced the Justice Department to send in a replacement team of lawyers after he questioned the ethics of the first team." I bet they loved that.
His explanation for the government's decision to fight the case is backed in part by the testimony of a Treasury official, who said government officials long have viewed the trust funds as a "government slush fund" that could be used to lower the national debt.
More bad science at the EPA. What a surprise. This time it's a sample size of one and they diddled the test to boot.
We seem to have a lot of illness going around today and I see I'm not the only one who suspects it's not all due to bad tunafish.
423 DUI arrests in Colorado over the St. Pat's weekend last year and shaping up about the same this year. Looks like a lot of people believe in the luck of the Irish.
After my 'fix it' day yesterday it is gratifying in a 'misery loves company' sort of way to see that Evan Williams has problems with Outlook Express.
Evan Williams has a note about time stamps on blog posts that's true here as well. I often save up a few posts and then paste them up all at once. You might also note from the link that Ev doesn't host himself on BlogSpot..
Andrew Sullivan has an article on Bush II today that's well worth the read. Bush and I sound a lot alike in the goofy jokester department, although I'd have gone for the sushi. I've always been pretty slow-spoken. I think about what I say, I don't just repeat the sound bites I've been fed. But this leads some folks to assume that I'm not very bright. I learned long ago that being 'misunderestimated' can confer a certain advantage and I wonder if Bush II hasn't cultivated this same tactic to a degree I can only dream of.
During the presidential campaign I wondered why it was that a Harvard MBA was being billed as a dummy while the journalism major and divinity school/law school dropout was Mr. Science Guy. I wrote it off as wishful thinking and 'tell a Big Lie' tactics by fellow journalism majors at the time and still do. If Sullivan is any indication, Bush II won't be getting another bye in the brains department for the next election.
Ok, everyone who ate their corned beef and cabbage yesterday, raise your hands. Not bad as far as ethnic 'soul food' goes. My wife says 'this is to remind us that we can do much better now.' Of course, it's been on sale for the last couple weeks, but at the regular price it's right up there with New York strip, so I'm not so sure we can do much better.
Sunday, March 17, 2002- - -
The Mythical honest man has been found! The DailyPundit, Bill Quick, lists the DailyPundit among his favorite blogs.
Via Bill Quick comes this, from a Time.com article: At a recent dinner for Democratic fund raisers in Manhattan, [Al] Gore ripped into Bush's handling of the presidency. The President's philosophy is "speak loudly and carry a small stick," he said.
If that was the 'small stick,' Saddam ought to be very, very afraid.
This has been a most productive day. First I learned about "smart quotes" - although I still don't know what a smart quote is or why anyone would want one, at least I now know how to get rid of them. And now Anton