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Month: September 2006

Montessori

September 29, 2006Burt Likko 1 Comment

The sad thing is that this article will surprise a lot of people. The good news is that it is a signal to parents everywhere that this is the way to go for your kids.

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Another Reason To Like Rudy

September 29, 2006Burt Likko

Why should people like Rudy Guiliani to be the next President? Well, for one thing, he’s not foaming at the mouth about his partisanship. No doubt, he’s a Republican who campaigns hard for fellow Republicans against Democrats. But he also… Continue Reading →

2008 Election, Domestic Politics

Naming Rights

September 28, 2006Burt Likko

From my University of Phoenix e-mail inbox: Dear Faculty. We are pleased to announce that University of Phoenix has become the naming rights partner of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals. As such, the Cardinals’ world-class stadium will now be called University… Continue Reading →

Sports, Teaching, University of Phoenix

Don’t Forget To Win First Place

September 27, 2006Burt Likko

This article is not surprising. I’ve seen it from a long time ago; even when I was in high school it seemed there were some teenagers who tried hard to do everything and excel at everything. It’s no wonder that… Continue Reading →

Interesting Reading, Teaching

Presidential Professions

September 27, 2006Burt Likko

A day after I considered the widespread (and possibly premature) political obituaries about George Allen’s Presidential ambitions, the Wall Street Journal has suggested someone who might step into the shoes of Senator Allen — Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. Not… Continue Reading →

2008 Election, Barack Obama, Domestic Politics, John Edwards, John McCain, Mitt Romney

This Man Will Not Be President

September 26, 2006Burt Likko 1 Comment

Formerly the great hope of the religious right for President in 2008, Senator George Allen appears to have fatally wounded his own Senate re-election candidacy through incautious use of racial slurs. He called an Indian-American observer of his campaign a… Continue Reading →

2008 Election, Domestic Politics, Scandal

The Ten C’s in Cumberland County

September 26, 2006Burt Likko 2 Comments

A friend from Tennessee writes: Right now we have an interesting problem in Cumberland County. Someone has placed a truly awful piece of chainsaw art – Moses and the 10 C’s – on the sidewalk in front of the county… Continue Reading →

Constitutional Law, Religion, Tennessee

What a Nice Day!

September 26, 2006Burt Likko

Today was one of those great days here in the desert. The right amount of wind was blowing, the temperature was just right, and the right amount of clouds were in the sky. It seemed like visibility went on forever.… Continue Reading →

California, Cheerful For Once

Damn Good Steak

September 25, 2006Burt Likko

Times are a little tight in The Desert Mansion. But, my birthday produced a new barbeque, and some gift money got diverted to buy propane and a marinated tri-tip from Costco. Initially high heat, progressively turned down as the cooking… Continue Reading →

Cheerful For Once, Cooking

Well It’s My Birthday Too, Yeah

September 23, 2006Burt Likko 2 Comments

I’ve never quite understood why it should be that birthdays are such big deals. People have been fussing over me for three days now. It’s not that I don’t like it or that I’m ungrateful — quite the opposite —… Continue Reading →

Birthdays, Cheerful For Once, History, The Wife

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