A little while back I wrote a couple of pieces about why the Sonics should matter. My emotions pale in comparison to this explanation why the Iraqi soccer team making the finals of the AFC Asia Cup matters: The Iraqi football team and the match bring together all the Iraqis , regardless on our religions…
Month: July 2007
Civic republicanism and 2008 (part 2)
After Democrats trot out the language, if not the actions, so says Gov. Mitt Romney: “Hillary Clinton just gave a speech the other day about her view on the economy. She said we have been an on-your-own society. She said it’s time to get rid of that and replace that with shared responsibility and we’re-in-it-together…
Lakefair, ships and the “polarization in American communities”
The last week or so a small debate has been happening over email and blog in Oly (here, here and here) about the invitation last summer of some Canadian and American ships to Lakefair. Basically a cultural clash between different sides of Olympia, its been focussed on the ships. I tried to write my homage…
Blogging other places recently
Over at WesternDemocrat wondering why a Dem couldn’t win the West in 2008 Over at Washblog, just a couple of things on the AWB and Luke Esser and pointing folks to a Goldmark post out east. Olyblog, various things. Some soccer stuff, one wondering if Vancouver BC will steal the MLS and another at BigSoccer…
EWU: The Cal-State Chico of the Northwest
To Ryan, the top contract demands of Eastern Washington University faculty: No school on October 13, the first day of the modern firearm deer season. Tenure to be determined on cow herding skills. Professional training on the correct spelling of regional, yet unfamiliar, fauna. Especially the geoduck clam, which is neither spelled goeduck or gooeyduck….