Monthly Archives: February 2003

METABLOGGING CONT’D: THE CASE FOR GROUP BLOGS (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on February 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

As mentioned below , I think the concept of group blogs on specific topics might greatly expand the audience and use of blogs, provided they met four criteria: The subject matter of the groups would need to be governed by … Continue reading →

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ON SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

Posted on February 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Russell Baker, writing in TomPaine.com , illustrates how dangerous it is to have a president or prime minister who is not up on the lessons of history or the principles of democracy. One of these is the principle of separation … Continue reading →

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METABLOGGING CONT’D: THE CASE FOR GROUP BLOGS

Posted on February 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Last week I posted some hints to make your blog more successful. I’ve noticed that some blogs have multiple posters/authors and that got me thinking: do group blogs make more sense than individual blogs? Maybe I’m more schizophrenic in my … Continue reading →

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WANT INTELLIGENT POLITICAL DISCOURSE?

Posted on February 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Then stop whatever you are doing and read this, an extremely long and utterly engrossing six-poster free-for-all comment thread responding to Alas, a Blog on whether liberals should have, and should in future, vote Democrat or Green, and when and … Continue reading →

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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Posted on February 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

  How to Save the World‘s Fearful Predictions for the next 18 months: Iraq: Bush will attack Iraq sometime between Feb.19 and Feb.26. The attack will last no longer than 72 hours. The “collateral damage” will be a death toll … Continue reading →

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…OR OVER RICHARD PERLE’S MOUTH

Posted on February 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Roy MacGregor suggests in today’s Globe & Mail that perhaps the most useful application of duct tape right now would be “over the channel selector that takes one to CNN.”

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TEN SIMPLE WAYS TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT

Posted on February 12, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Cartoon copyright 1990, Jim Bergman, Cincinnati Enquirer This list assumes you already recycle, turn off unnecessary lights and do other obvious things, and also assumes you don’t have a lot of extra time or money to do some of the … Continue reading →

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LIVING IN FEAR

Posted on February 12, 2003 by Dave Pollard

I never really understood the meaning of “nothing to fear but fear itself”, or the incredible irony of Bush’s statement last fall “we will not live in fear”, until I read this thoughtful essay from Toby’s Political Diary: Mass Hysteria … Continue reading →

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‘JAG’ RE-ENACTS FRIENDLY-FIRE DEATH OF CANADIANS IN AFGHANISTAN

Posted on February 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Although thinly disguising the case by making Brits, rather than Canadians, the victims of the friendly fire, the facts in tonight’s show were extremely close to those of last year’s tragedy, which in real life resulted in guilty verdicts for … Continue reading →

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STATE CAN MAKE INMATE SANE ENOUGH TO EXECUTE

Posted on February 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

From the NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/11/national/11DEAT.html?th): The federal appeals court in St. Louis ruled yesterday that officials in Arkansas can force a prisoner on death row to take antipsychotic medication to make him sane enough to execute. Without the drugs, the prisoner, … Continue reading →

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