Archive for April, 2006
Suing to preserve the constitutional process
From the AP:
Eleven House Democrats said Thursday they would sue the Bush administration, alleging the $39 billion deficit-reducing legislation signed by the president is unconstitutional because the House and Senate failed to approve identical versions.
“Never again…”
Today is Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust remembrance day.
Honor the fallen by taking action against today’s genocides and urging others to do the same.
“How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?”
Listen to Pink’s new song, Dear Mr. President.
Persuasive accessories
The Washington Post writes about how LGBT families handled the Easter Egg Roll: by accessorizing.
OK, so they were rainbow leis. Nevertheless, the article’s point about subtlety and politeness is worth reading.
Choking or Panicking
I just ran across an old yet interesting New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell on choking versus panicking. In short, choking is the “loss of instinct”– the instinctual responses that come with experience (muscle memory, skill, what have you)– in favor of the explicit, deliberate thinking that novices have. Panicking is the “reversion to instinct”–the [...]
