Author Archives: Administrator

The R Word

By Administrator | Published: February 4, 2010

The only people more cruel than kids are grown-ups. One day last August Rahm Emanuel reminded us of that when he called liberal activists “retarded.” I’m sure he brought that insult with him as baggage from the school yard. Early last week his off-hand insult was dredged up by Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Wallsten [...]

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Alcatraz

By Administrator | Published: November 23, 2009

By Betty Jo Chang This is the 40th Anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz Island by the American Indian Movement (1969-1971), AND Football season so perhaps this little tale is timely. I was at Stanford during the great controversy (1970-1972) over the Stanford Indian Symbol for the Football team, and over Chief Lightfoot (Timm Williams, [...]

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Happy Holidays

By Administrator | Published: December 25, 2006

Stay warm…

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A Rule for Web Publishing

By Administrator | Published: April 24, 2005

Elaine Frankonis asked for comments, particularly from “personal bloggers,” about self-imposed ethics or guidelines. I suppose a “personal blogger” is a bit of a diarist and a bit of an essayist who is adapting this electronic publication medium to share her or his work with the public. The genius is in the adaptation. From quips [...]

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End to End Vision for 2015

By Administrator | Published: March 31, 2005

How might the computing and communications world be materially different in 10 to 15 years, and how might we define a research agenda that would get us to that world? In 10 years, any physical object should be able to tag itself in a way that links it to relevant information and functions in cyberspace. [...]

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BlogNashville

By Administrator | Published: March 29, 2005

It’s a Heart of Darkness thing. Who will be Kurtz to my Marlow? Robert Cox quotes Ed Cone regarding the center left politics of the three WinerCons: Why don’t political conservatives come to BloggerCon? Robert Cox noted their absence at Stanford, and at his blog. As the person who invited Glenn Reynolds to be a [...]

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