This started out as a comment on yesterday's blog post, but I've been terrible lately about posting, so I'm turning this into a full-blown post. Reasons for tuition going up: 1) Greater demand. Tony is spot-on here; when American culture has gotten to the point where you _must_ go to a four-year university to "find yourself"…
The spike in tuition
A good friend of mine shared this link on Facebook. I liked the article, interesting read -- up until it claimed that it was the shift in ideology that caused the tuition spike. I agree, to some extent, that a shift in ideology would cause people to value different things differently. But especially the line…
Ho ho ho
I spent a sizable portion of my weekend reading this thread. I regret nothing. You will laugh, you will cry, you will finally, finally realize that my eternal hatred of pigeons is less irrational than it might seem.
Art imitates, uh, other art?
Today was the first day of the MLB Draft (you hadn't heard?), and the Indians had four picks. Here's a round up of all four. What makes me excited about the draft? Justus Sheffield. Not only did I actually also draft him in OOTP (and he's a full time starter for the first time this coming…
Colin Kaepernick’s new contract
National Football Post has the breakdown. First of all, if we can't include de-escalators in the next version of Madden, I will be very disappointed. But, to the point. Is this a good contract or not? If everything works his way, he's the second highest paid player in football by average salary. That's a pretty sizeable…
Why John Kerry?
FiveThirtyEight.com has an article about the decline in Obama's foreign policy approval rating since his election in 2008. It shows that, even as Obama's general approval rating has fallen, foreign policy approval rating has plummeted much faster. I only attribute this partially to Obama: as Kevin has pointed out, the Presidency is far too big…
Where art thou, Tony?
I've been here. Drop by and say hello (or join, if you've the inclination!)
36 Chambers - The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max! 