Perceptions and Facts America No. 1? (Reprinted from the Journal of March 4.) America by the numbers March 3, 2005 by Michael Ventura No concept lies more...
Jen Astonishing isn't it? We're dumbing down our society at an incredible rate. Look at the number of American graduate students in science or engineering in ...
Hi everyone, this is my first post but I had to react. As a European studying American Studies this was a very interesting article. I always get the feeling...
Hi Martyn! I'm glad to see your response....you know, I watch the so- called "news" every night and wonder what the rest of the world must think of us here in...
.... I've pondered the reaction outside of the US when we, for example, invade Iraq because of their international agression .... we slam other nations for ...
Jen - As for NCLB - well - we all know that the ability to do well on standard tests is far more important than having an understanding of the basics, or...
Jen- Steve beat me to the punch this morning in thanking you for sharing such a thought provoking article! I want to say that your choice of the words BUSH ...
Steve- President Bush knows as much as his handlers can get him to remember in one session-as long as they keep the words small! I'm just not sure what they...
Steve- President Bush knows as much as his handlers can get him to remember in one session-as long as they keep the words small! I'm just not sure what they...
... of late.I have one little question tho.Since we all can see what the problem is...why can't we find a viable solution?We have talked the thing to...
Well, if anyone here makes a couple hundred million, you might want to think about running for elected office, or (if you hate public speaking) perhaps...
As NPR was kind enough to share with their listeners this morning, it is Pete Seeger's 86th birthday! [Although this is not an OFFICIAL Phil 'thing', it is...
yeah - reminded me to start playing my banjo again! Happy birthday Pete! Steve ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
well, posted this before (or at least thought I did!) but there's a singer songwriter in this neck of the woods - Barby Holder - and on her album (I have a...
I know covers of Phil songs have been spoken about here - well - I encourage you to find "Nor'Westers" by Barby Holder - she does a wonderful rendition of "The...
sorry about all this, guys. I got some stupid spam that I don't understand in the least, and stupidly became part of this thing, so it sent email to every one...
As someone who has been fortunate enough to hear Barby's rendition of The Highwayman, I can vouche for Steve's recommendation. Barby has a FANTASTIC voice and...
Please let me clarify this one: Steve couldn't download it for it was a tape he was referencing (remember them! They were after albums and 8-tracks! but...
You know, another GREAT version of the Highwayman is by Loreena McKennitt. It's really worth checking into! :) Going back to "what are we going to do about...
Hey Jen- No need to apologize for 'ranting and raving'! You need to have an outlet to channel your energies, get some ideas, and form a plan for going forward!...
... McKennitt.She is absolutley awesome!!I haven't heard the "Barby"version,but it would have to go a long way to top this. I also agree with you that is is...
... these major issues,that we need to put our thoughts into actions.I think petitions ARE a good start in that they get the issues out there and start people...
Um ... I didn't download anything from Barby - I have "Nor'westers" on tape - so it's hard to rip an .mp3 file from it - so if you're looking for the file...
Jen Imagine if we invested the money in education that we spend on incarceration - Steve ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
YEP-- I caught myself after I posted that one! Just couldn't amend my posting 'right away' due to troubles getting back on to Ya-hell at the time! But, I did...
... incarceration - ... I don't know, the way it's going it looks like sooner or later we'll all be legal offenders serving time in one of our fine ...
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