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Preserving a Forest and a Philosophy
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 19, 2008
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Politics, and Scandal, as Usual
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 19, 2008
On Elliot Spitzer and others: “Why do politicians at all levels keep starring in this familiar soap opera?”
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SXSW: Rude is Rude, Enough is Enough
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 19, 2008
At first I agreed with Michael Rubin’s opinion about the way the crowd acted at Mark Zuckerman’s SXSW keynote when Sarah Lacy did a horrible job as the interviewer. However, the more research I did on what actually happened, the more inclined I am to think that Lacy got what she deserved. Times have changed and I think Rubin has missed that badly.
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A Boy the Bullies Love to Beat Up, Repeatedly
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 19, 2008
This is a very disturbing story, but important to read.
The many incidents of bullying against Billy Wolfe seem to blur together into one protracted assault.
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Hillary Clinton: Truth or Consequences
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 19, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton has always had a difficult relationship with the truth. Judged against the facts, she has often chosen to obfuscate, omit, and avoid. She has many admirable qualities, but candor and openness and transparency and a commitment to well-established fact have not been notable among them.
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Hillary’s St. Patrick’s Day Massacre
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 19, 2008
Why would so smart a candidate as Hillary Clinton play political Russian roulette with virtually all the bullet chambers loaded?
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When the Ex Blogs, the Dirtiest Laundry Is Aired
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 19, 2008
I’m not really surprised to learn of blogs being used as weapons during and after divorces. I was a little surprised to see that the practice is prevalent enough to attract the attention of mainstream media.
I was not a blogger when I went through my divorce, and my ex barely knows how to turn on a computer. I think I have enough sense not to blog about my dirty laundry, but it’s a truly scary thought to imagine my ex using a blog to attack me.
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After a 32-Year Journey, Justice Stevens Renounces Capital Punishment
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 19, 2008
I have never been convinced that the death penalty makes sense. Research I’ve seen shows no measurable deterrent factor produced by it, and the morality of the government putting a citizen to death truly is impossible for me to justify. So it’s interesting to read this account of a change in position on the death penalty by one of our Supreme Court justices.
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Biting My Tongue
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 3, 2008
My tongue does not have a hole in it, but if I were literally biting my tongue as often as I find myself doing so figuratively, there’d be quite a few severe wounds. It’s not really my natural inclination to hold back what I am thinking, so I have to make a tremendous conscious effort to do it. I find myself concentrating on this quite a bit lately.
Cliches are scorned by English teachers (as a former English teacher, I understand why), but that doesn’t mean they don’t have power to convey ideas. Biting your tongue is one example, and another is choosing your battles. The two go together. The reason I am biting my tongue is that I am choosing my battles.
There’s no point antagonizing people pointlessly. I don’t wish to antagonize people at all, but I’m perfectly willing to do so when there’s a good reason, and my definition of a good reason Read the rest of this entry »
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Smoking Predicted to Kill 1 Billion People
Posted by Ted Hopton on February 8, 2008
That’s an attention-getting headline, isn’t it? Even though the date by which the billionth death would take place is the year 2100, it’s still an appalling prospect. But that’s the point the World Health Organization wanted to make, of course, in their report issued today, “WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008.” I read this AP article about it on Wired: “Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion by 2100.”
The World Health Organization warned in a new report Thursday that the “tobacco epidemic” is growing and could claim 1 billion lives by the end of the century unless governments dramatically step up efforts to curb smoking.
Governments around the world are complicit in this travesty, it’s clear: Read the rest of this entry »
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