Bookworm on Jun 16 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
The National Science Foundation describes itself as follows:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…” With an annual budget of about $6.06 billion, we are the funding source for [...]
Bookworm on Jun 08 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama
From the teleprompter, that is. The guy’s oratorical skills decline rapidly without a script, don’t they? He makes Dan Quayle look like the prodigy of extemporaneous speaking.
Clearly, this guy needs a little less blind adulation, and a little more time at Toastmasters. I have said all along that Obama is not as smart as he [...]
Bookworm on Mar 21 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Government
I found myself in the car yesterday afternoon listening for perhaps the 30th time to an episode of Avatar being played on the car DVD. I happen to think that Avatar is a rather unusually good kids’ show. Since this was routine car pooling, with the same passel of tired and cranky kids getting [...]
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