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I am currently working at Drexel University, which has recently been scheduled to host the October 30th Democratic Presidential debate. This means, presumably, that I may have the opportunity to ask a question.
Being a mathematician and educator by trade, I am particularly interested in questions on math, science, education, or combinations of these. […]

Had to visit the DMV this week.
This    is    as    fun    as    it    sounds.
Long story short, I’ve been in Pennsylvania for too long driving with a Texas driver’s license, and the cop was nice enough not to cite me for it but I need to get one ASAP.  When I visited I remembered why I thought it was such a hassle last […]

We often say that issues like same-sex marriage, immigration, flag-burning and the like are issues promoted solely to arouse desired voters.  The implication is that this is unwise, and we would rather our legislators ran on (and spent their governing time on) issues already important to us.  Very well then…
1) What do people actually care […]

Ever heard that occasional desperation claim made by a speeder? “I do own this road — I pay taxes for it!” Well, he’ll have even less footing soon. More and more roads in America aren’t owned by American governments.
This isn’t an exercise that attracts much attention, because no one is proximately harmed by it, but […]

I attended the monthly meeting of the local Democratic Party tonight, as I do regularly.  An interesting question came up, which has instructional bearing on national politics even though it’s entirely local.
One of our area chairs took the opportunity during his scheduled report to talk about an issue in his neighborhood.  A landfill is in […]

katster muses on her long absence from blogging anything really substantial here on the NFZ.

The more I read about these Danish cartoons and people burning embassies and dying over it, the more I realize that absolutely nothing is going on except that crowds of disenfranchised Muslims are being manipulated by dictators for political gain. People:
1.) The cartoons were published months ago. God has since had plenty of […]

Just another MLP post for now.

Some bankruptcy court judges have been flaming Congress in their decisions for passing last year’s Bankruptcy Act. Here’s
an article with more on Judge Frank Monroe’s opinion.
Soj
claims that Saudi Arabia is behind the recent outbreak of Muslim hatred
against Denmark, Norway, and the West in general over a dozen cartoons
of Muhammed. […]

CNN: “White House spokesman Scott McClellan lauded DeLay as a ‘good ally’ of President Bush and said of the indictment: ‘The president’s view is that we need to let the legal process work.’”
I’m pleased to see that the administration isn’t flip-flopping on their view of the legal system, but standing firmly with their position expressed […]

I hope my fellow columnists will indulge me if my article today focuses on some interesting data from my home state of Texas.
I’m particularly looking at a poll published Sep. 10 in the Dallas Morning News, which dealt primarily with the state’s educational system. A couple of the responses jumped out at me, particularly […]