December 2009
6 posts
I’ve been thinking a lot, lately, about the controversy over the e-mails between climate change scientists that seem to impugn their findings. Before I begin, let me state the obvious: this does not disprove the theory of climate change. It still seems to me that there is a profound amount of evidence supporting the existence of climate change. What has been left shaken by the whole ordeal is my...
addendum
I’m considering vegetarianism for economic reasons. I made a meal tonight of vegetables, beans, and potatoes. Not bad.
check in
I have no diatribes to go off on, but I thought I’d do a little Sunday night check in.
Life here is pretty good. My job is still sort of ambiguous. For the time being, I’m still just meeting people and helping out at various community functions. Yesterday, I was an “elf” at the Waverly Main Street Christmas event. Baltimore has five different “main streets,”...
Strangely familiar
I just got done reading the transcript of Obama’s acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize. It was eloquent as always, but it gave me pause. All throughout the campaign, Obama maintained a consistently militaristic line when it came to Afghanistan. The Right refused to accept the authenticity of this aggressiveness, and dismissed it as posturing–going so far as to suggest it was a rouse, a...
Job Description
I am finally getting a more concrete sense of what my job is. It all essentially is centered on networking. Whether its grant money, best practices or whatever it may be, my job is essentially to know who is in need and who has and wants tot give. Lately, I have just been attending neighborhood meetings and scheduling sit downs with local community leaders to figure out what projects they are...
Iraq and skinned knees to come →
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This article really got me thinking. With all the discussion of Afghanistan, it seems that the majority of the national commentary has begun to talk about Iraq in the past tense. It may be true that we are reaching a point where we could justify (as problematic as that assessment is) removing troops from the country, but I think this article brings to...