January 31, 2007 – 7:33 pm
From PublishersWeekly:
A three-year old controversy over a book espousing a young-earth Creationist view being sold at the Grand Canyon visitors center has resurfaced, with renewed media attention and more they-said, they-said hullabaloo.
In spite of the ongoing squabble, a National Park Service spokesman said it’s unlikely to review the sale at the Grand Canyon National Park [...]
January 30, 2007 – 2:41 pm
Regarding animals and the weather, I’d have to say Sam Gribley’s nuthatch would have been a good forecaster. Here, the score is:
goldfinches…1
weatherman…0
The weather report said it was to be sunny and warmer with a fifty percent chance of precipitation. The goldfinches said it was time to eat as much as possible before the [...]
January 29, 2007 – 9:06 pm
As is often the case when I’m reading blogs, The Common Room’s observations on ‘minding animals‘ left me thinking about other, related subjects. I couldn’t help but think of “My Side of the Mountain” when young Sam Gribley shares with us how you perceive the weather differently when you are in it and subject [...]
January 29, 2007 – 3:12 am
At what point does overfeeding a child constitute medical neglect? In Britain, childhood obesity could result in removal from the home.
Social workers are placing obese children on the child protection register alongside victims thought to be at risk of sexual or physical abuse.
In extreme cases children have been placed in foster care because their [...]
January 28, 2007 – 3:39 am
“Die Ermittlung” (The Investigation) by Peter Weiss is one of the most dramatic plays I have ever read. There is no “dramatic license” and no manipulation of facts to tell the story. There is no real climax. And no real conclusion. It is difficult to read. The terror moves forward, [...]
January 26, 2007 – 4:28 am
Maybe I missed something here, but what is the point, exactly? 901am reports on a story from the Chicago Tribune about how blogging will revolutionize education.
One Principal believes blogging is the future of education. And I tend to agree. The ability to quickly assess a students understanding of the course material is huge. And [...]
January 26, 2007 – 3:49 am
I found a family friendly blogging community I have been enjoying. Frustrated with other toplists in which the top blogs continually were those with pornographic or other inappropriate material in the titles and on the blog, its creators decided to make their own. There are quite a few blogs from diverse backgrounds [...]
January 25, 2007 – 11:50 pm
The internet is such an amazing place to experience the world. Take this video, for instance. It is from a rarely seen frilled shark, seen this week off the coast of Japan. The odd looking creature normally lives 2,000 feet beneath the sea. This one wasn’t doing well and died shortly [...]
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