Newspapers are littered with random articles about Beijing, all made relevant by the 2008 Olympics.? Reporters poke fun at sloppy English translations, filth in the streets and the general fuck-all attitude of city dwellers.? But The New York Times takes the cake this morning with by far the most prejudiced and badass article on Beijing [...]
One of the biggest failures of President Bush’s No Child Left Behind act is its heavy reliance on standardized tests.? Studies have shown that while standardized testing may be a step forward in regularizing education, it oftentimes shoves lower-performing students?and entire school systems?further into despair. In an eye-opening report from eSchool News, grades K - [...]
(Man that’s a clever headline.? I am so witty.) The Death of Entertainment?or, as some call it, the date Jimmy Fallon takes the “Late Night” reigns from Conan O’Brien?will begin a bit earlier than expected.? Lorne Michaels decided to put Fallon on the Interwebs to “work out as many of the rough spots in his [...]
Buzz is we’re headed toward another economic stimulus check, perhaps as early as September 2008.? This is the work of Democrats, and, if I’m 100% right 100% of the time, will happen. See, it’s election season, and we teeter of the precipice of a hardcore recession.? If the Democrats slide this through the cogs and [...]
I remember the first time I saw one of Amazon’s Kindle eBook readers in the wild.? I leaned in closer to the mechanism, drool dribbling down my 13 chins.? I wanted one but at the time, they ran for $400, and that’s just stupid. Next time I saw one was on Boston public transportation?or the [...]
Omar Khadr was arrested in 2002 for allegedly throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.? He was then shipped to Guantanamo Bay where he underwent interrogation by a Canadian Security Intelligence Services agent. In this achey-breaky climate of political strife, anything having to do with the secretive nature of the U.S. no-holds-barred [...]
By now you’ve all likely heard the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s hilarious and scathing comments about Sen. Barack Obama.? If not, they go a little something like this: “Barack’s been talking down to black people … I want to cut his nuts off.” Is it true?? Has Obama been talking down to black people?? I don’t [...]
Going through today’s Boston Globe, I was disappointed in the rag’s lack of photographs.? Granted, their new blog, The Big Picture, is probably the best collection of awe-inspiring photographs to be found on the Internet, but still: we’re missing something. ? Namely, more naked hot people. In an article about Channel 7 sports reporter Julie [...]
Nintendo’s Wii revolutionized how games are played.? Its motion-sensitive controller put players in the front row, waggling a stick around like an uncooked lump of salami, looking foolish and playing subpar video games for kitsch?and therefore temporary?value. Anyway, since you can lob that white stick around and play tennis n’ stuff, Nintendo made the next [...]
File this under “disgusting.” Inexplicably popular (female) author Curtis Sittenfeld’s newest tome fictionally explores the life of First Lady Laura Bush, and doesn’t skimp on the erotic particulars. American Wife, due in September, is loosely based on Mrs. Bush’s existence, including a fatal car accident at age sixteen (she didn’t die, obviously) and marrying an [...]
