October 23, 2011
COW: AJ Insults Rachel Maddow
Filed by Bil Browning | October 23, 2011 | 7:00 PM |Over on my post about Rachel Maddow's appearance on Ellen and her comments about getting hate mail about her looks/gender, Projector AJ points out something Rachel says at the end.Read More
Bring Back a Treasure
Filed by Ed Team | October 23, 2011 | 6:19 PM |"Little did I know he would bring us such a treasure." -- Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson's father, Jerry Wolfson, 81, to the New York Times after his son's marriage to Dr. Cheng He. Mr. Wolfson said Evan...Read More
Solidarity: Calling Out a Corporate Sponsor at a Pro-LGBT Event
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 23, 2011 | 5:30 PM |Would you have the nerve to call out a presenting sponsor for an LGBT event if you were the featured speaker? Guest blogger Katie Burgess did just that during a Coming Out Day Luncheon sponsored by Cargill.Read More
Occupy Boston: Tents of Hope
Filed by Sara Whitman | October 23, 2011 | 4:00 PM |Today, I went down to Occupy Boston. This is what I've been encouraging my students to do: Stand up, be counted, be heard.Read More
Sneak Peek at New Book on Steve Jobs
Filed by Karen Ocamb | October 23, 2011 | 2:30 PM |Politico provided a sneak peek at the new book "Steve Jobs," by Walter Isaacson. Here's a clip.Read More
Seriously, NPR?
Filed by Terrance Heath | October 23, 2011 | 1:00 PM |I'm a longtime fan of NPR. I've even written them a check or two, during pledge drive seasons. However, after NPR's craven instigation and firing of a producer over her support for Occupy DC, I'm starting to rethink that support.Read More
School District Hangs Up on Bullying
Filed by Ed Team | October 23, 2011 | 11:58 AM |After Merik Castro spoke at the Litchfield Elementary School board meeting and asked them to change their district policies to protect their students and staff from bullying, harassment, intimidation and discrimination, he was summarily ignored. The district has come...Read More
Merriam-Webster OK's Singular-They
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 23, 2011 | 11:30 AM |The "Ask the Editor" series on Merriam-Webster's website has been enlightening, if only because the subjects they've chosen so far have been sacred cows among grammar puritans and the stances the editors have taken have been towards linguistic freedom.Read More
