Monday, June 19, 2006

If I wasn't so busy grading...

...there are lots of interesting things I would read. Instead, I'm picking up a paragraph or two of here and there. For instance, the respected journal Foreign Policy has devoted an issue to sorting out how safe we have made ourselves from the threat of terrorism, and it makes you consider even more seriously the question:

Are we losing the war on terror? It looks to be a sobering collection of thoughts from professionals in the national security field:

Check it out here.

U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq - you can find this anywhere on a news site right now. The reports that they were tortured and killed in a "barbaric" way just sends chills up my spine. Who will stop this senseless cycle of violence and death? It reminds me of a quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that I can't quote exactly, but it went something like - someone has got to have sense enough and religion enough to end the violence. Our world yearns for a voice like his now...

Global Warming in the news again - More evidence from the north and south poles of our climate warming. Check out the story on NPR.

The Mariners are on a roll! Enjoy it while it lasts! They may even hit the .500 mark soon if they keep this up!

Congratulations Graduates! I love you guys....

Oh well, back to the gradebook...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think it's rediculous that 14% of people are afraid of bush's policies, but only 3% are worried about our oil dependancies. we are so dependant on oil in every aspect of our lives, that to be more afriad of bush's unfundamental decisions than our oil issues, and our environmental issues is just not looking into the future.
the mariners are going nowhere, we had one good year, and we ruined that. PNW sports are rediculous, we get no credit, even when we deserve it, but the mariners certainly don't deserve it.

Anonymous said...

i think it's rediculous that 14% of people are afraid of bush's policies, but only 3% are worried about our oil dependancies. we are so dependant on oil in every aspect of our lives, that to be more afriad of bush's unfundamental decisions than our oil issues, and our environmental issues is just not looking into the future.
the mariners are going nowhere, we had one good year, and we ruined that. PNW sports are rediculous, we get no credit, even when we deserve it, but the mariners certainly don't deserve it. - nate