Archive for the ‘knowledge’ Category
Free iPods at University
August 21st, 2008 by Dale Fincher
The New York times published this piece yesterday: “Welcome, Freshman. Haven an iPod.” Apparently, student cell phones and laptop computers aren’t enough of a distraction. They need iPods, too, to satiate the endless consumer appetite to be entertained. I still believe music is the drug of choice in the West. And in a place, like [...]
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"Americans Hostile to Knowledge"
February 15th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Susan Jacoby wrote a book I’m ordering today: The Age of American Unreason American anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism is on a roll…. and many, if not most, Americans don’t even think it matters. Her thesis isn’t new… but I’m hoping it will be accessible enough to recommend to those caught with the disease. Read todays article: [...]
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