Helping to Publicize…
On behalf of the Central Susquehanna Citizen’s Coalition, I would like to
invite you to a forum entitled
“Re-Imagining Healthcare in Pennsylvania: The Next Five Years and Beyond”
to be held next Thursday, May 7, at 7:00pm, in the Union County Government
Center at 155 N 15th St, Lewisburg.
A panel of five healthcare professionals will discuss the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘politics’
April 30, 2009
Local Health Care Forum
April 30, 2009
Resources on Internet and Politics
Participating in orgtheory.net thread I whipped up these resources which I thought ought to be useful here also.
Question:
How has the Internet changed political organizations? Is it just one tool in the service of traditional politics? Or is there a new politics associated with online life?
I agree that this is going to be a really important [...]
February 13, 2009
$819 Billion to show us that transparency is not enough — Authentic Organizations
$819 Billion to show us that transparency is not enough — Authentic Organizations
Rachel asserts that “accounting is really an exercise about setting our priorities and ensuring that we are acting on and accounting for those priorities. ” Thus, Rachel recommends that organizations be more transparent about their accounting (and distribution of resources), so that they [...]
November 20, 2008
Terrorist Fist Bump Emoticon
Updated on Nov 20:
==@@==
or
==3E==
Are officially sanctioned emoticons. Sanctioned by me. :<p
–Original post–
As far as I know, invented this. You read it hear first.
I proudly pronounce the 100% American terrorist fist bump.
–8 8–
Tips welcome.
UPDATED:
How about this:
–3 E–
See its two different fists. And, it avoids the messiness of the ** thing.
Or,
–@ @–
That is Ok. Looks like 2 [...]
November 11, 2008
Brought tears to my eyes…
At the end of this long WaPo article on an 89 year old, Black member of the White House staff, and his wife who also worked there, came this absolute gut wrencher.
They talked about praying to help Barack Obama get to the White House. They’d go vote together. She’d lean on her cane with one [...]
October 26, 2008
In Defense of White Americans- Finally!
Frank Rich of the NY Time has said what i have been arguing with friends and family for awhile. Race is a complicated matter in America.
Op-Ed Columnist – In Defense of White Americans – NYTimes.com
When Obama cited her in his speech on race last spring, the right immediately accused him of “throwing his grandmother [...]
September 30, 2008
Civics, Politics in SecondLife
I wa slooking for a project for my undergraduate research studnet to work on.
The SL researchers listserv had a good suggestion.
Request:
He is interested in politics or civic discourse in virtual worlds.
Ideally, it would be a sim, island, community with either robust internal debate, or an explicit goal of being a forum, an agora of [...]
September 22, 2008
No blank check for Wall Street.
No blank check for Wall Street.
This is worse than a bad deal – this isn’t a deal at all. This is a blank check to some of the richest companies in the world.
This is a blog post with a petition linked to it. I may not agree with all the language, but this is not [...]
September 12, 2008
Pretty good advice from fallen Fals Borda
Orland Fals Borda, a Columbian sociologist active since the 1960s, had this to say.
Obituary: Orlando Fals Borda | World news | The Guardian
There he delivered a speech in which he outlined four of his own guidelines for sociology researchers: “Do not monopolise your knowledge nor impose arrogantly your techniques, but respect and combine your skills [...]
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