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It’s about time

Finally, someone calls out politicians and prayer. And, of all places, it was the New York Daily News — although I don’t know if that’s good or bad.

Its front page and accompanying story today actually looks at one of the flaws plaguing this “Judeo-Christian nation.” What was a common political reaction to the latest […]

Tim December 3rd, 2015 | Tags: , | Category: Politics, Rants, Religion | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | |

South Dakota authors: “No one of note”

I am not easily offended. But there are exceptions. One is the post at the Publishers Weekly‘s blog of the “singular” writers for each of the 50 states. South Dakota’s entry? “No one of note. The closest South Dakota has to literary tradition is that Laura Ingalls Wilder’s itinerant childhood stopped through Dakota territory [sic] […]

Tim July 28th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: A Reading Life, Rants | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) | |

Out, damned typo

I’m not surprised when I see typos in book galleys or advance readers copies. After all, these come before a book is finally coming off the presses. Over time, though, I have been surprised at the seemingly increasing number of typos in finished books. Now it appears computers may be to blame, at least in […]

Tim July 19th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: A Reading Life, Rants | 3 comments - (Comments are closed) | |

How (not) to teach ethics and integrity

Maybe this is an old fart rant or another display of naïveté but some things really do outrage me. The latest is the NYT article about at least one law school applying “do as I say, not as I do” to ethics and honesty.

According to the article, Loyola Law School Los Angeles is “retroactively […]

Tim June 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Law, Rants | One comment - (Comments are closed) | |

Blog etiquette rant

In the scheme of life, the universe and everything, it’s no big deal. But it does kind of piss me off so you’ll have to forgive this rant as I vent a bit.

When I post a bunch of links in Weekend Edition or Friday Follies, I use “Via” to link to whomever led me […]

Tim November 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Blog/Internet, Rants | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | |
 
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