Monthly Archives: January 2011

Egyptians in Tahrir square getting tear gassed. New Yorkers in Times square snowboarding

Posted on January 28, 2011 by aboright

Thank you WSJ for the second time this week. Earlier you gave us Video of the bomb in the Moscow airport, tagged also with a story on pet grooming. Today we have Video of Egypt rioting, tagged also with snowboarding in NYC! Well we can probably al… Continue reading →

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All Terrorism is local? or Yes we also want to be a video news network oops

Posted on January 25, 2011 by aboright

This video tagline from the lead story in today’s WSJ, strikes me as a bit casual towards another country’s terrorism troubles? Kind of hard to imagine the lead story on the Tucson tragedy or some US based terrorism incident being tucked in with s… Continue reading →

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Academically Adrift – lucky my girls are in the other 55%

Posted on January 18, 2011 by aboright

According to this book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, on the question “are undergraduates really learning anything once they get there?” the answer according to U of Chicago review is “for a large proportion of students… Continue reading →

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