Jul 15
A bit about Guildenstern
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Guildenstern is inexplicable. He has no past and is defined by it. Guildenstern is two of a kind.
July 15th, 2009 Archive
Jul 15
This morning, we are going into Washington to visit the Capitol building, and, presumably because of this, we have all been reminded to dress nicely; in this case, the word ‘nicely’ instead of meaning ‘In a manner which is nice’, means, ‘Wear a suit.’ On the surface, this seems like a reasonable request. But let […]
Jul 15
It’s in your hands
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I have been thinking, for a long time now, about the state of our schools, the state of our educational system, and what this means for the future of our nation and of our democracy. Now, for the first time, I have began to consider how it will affect journalism. At the present time, public […]
Jul 15
In the entrance hall of the Capitol right now. We have to wait a half-hour for our tour, so, there being no benches or other comfort-facilitating devices available, some of us decided to sit against the wall. After about five minutes, a security guard walked past and told us, “You can’t sit down, gotta stand […]
Jul 15
We just listened to a blogger talk about his experiences. During the question and answer session that followed, a few topics came up that I feel are very important. When asked about the definition of journalism, our speaker felt content to vaguely define it as , basically, anything having to do with gathering or sharing […]
Jul 15
A timely explication
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In the next few minutes, I will be uploading quite a few posts. No, these ideas are not all coming to me at once; I am not sitting here typing them up at 100 wpm. Over the past few days, the only digital device which I had access to was a Blackberry, and I was […]
Jul 15
Trust
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Innocent until proven guilty. Alongside other such mantras, such as freedom of speech, this rule has, for more than two hundred years, governed how our nation functions, from the most mundane matter imaginable to rulings in the highest courts. Innocent until proven guilty. This means that every citizen of the United States is given the […]