Like most people, I was surprised to hear of General Petraeus’s sudden resignation on the account of an affair. Not so much that he’d had one (I don’t spend time thinking about such things), but I didn’t know that even… Continue Reading
This is another guest trivia question, this time submitted by recent Monday Trivia winner Michael Cain. The top twelve states, in order from one to twelve, are Texas, Florida, California, Louisiana, New York, Alabama, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Mississippi, Massachusetts, and… Continue Reading
If Sam Mendes brings as much thought to future James Bond movies as he did to Skyfall — and if he brings Thomas Newman to score them — he should be the house director for the franchise. Mrs. Likko thought… Continue Reading
The last music score in Callie, Rock Out, is now closed. The owner took a job at the university and there were no buyers. Another store in the downtown area is now vacant. Living where I do, this isn’t the… Continue Reading
I’ve previously written that the most interesting Congressional race of the year was for Arizona’s newly-created Ninth Congressional District. Above is the result as posted today by the Arizona Secretary of State: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is leading Republican Vernon Parker by 2,101… Continue Reading
I have grown so frustrated with Twitter that I’m about to uninstall it from every device I own. I’ve noticed that it seems to run in a diurnal cycle: in the morning it is dominated by liberals who urge and… Continue Reading
Four years ago I wrote the following on Hit Coffee. My prediction going into election day was that the race would be slightly closer than the polls suggested. However, when I woke up on election day I changed my mind… Continue Reading
I believe in one sense that this election is closer than a lot of folks around here, in that those arguing that it was never close cause the state polls and projections persistently leaned in Obama’s favor were off-base. It’s… Continue Reading
Florida, Idaho State, Kansas State, MIT, Maryland, Missouri, Missouri S&T, New Mexico, North Carolina State, The Ohio State University, Oregon State, Penn State, Purdue, Reed College, Rensselaer, Rhode Island, Texas, Texas A&M, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Utah, UMass-Lowell, Wisconsin, and… Continue Reading
-{This post was ported over from Hit Coffee}- John T. Tierney gives the case against AP tests: AP courses are not, in fact, remotely equivalent to the college-level courses they are said to approximate. Before teaching in a high school,… Continue Reading