If, as our bleeding edge neuroscience computer-techs tell us, we are prone to believe in one or another political morality without need of empirical evidence, which might be called, in a simplified manner, the tribe of the Father or the tribe of the Mother, what good then to counter propaganda that deliberately serves one or the other? Lakoff, we have seen (Framing Rules), claims there…
An Errant Declaration of Educational Mission
Upon review, it seems as though “mission statements” are succinct (though that begs the question as to what use they are); I’m not sure who decided a mission statement needs to be brief. Brief statements made in service to institutional aims tend to be rather full of buzzwords of the moment. In essence they are intended to appear authoritative and knowing but are meaningless and…
Generative Apocalyptic: Same As It Ever Was
The Book of Revelation is true. Well, true enough. Well, true if you want it to be. True if you think it’s true oxide (NO) acts as a physiological mediator, activating the cialis online first line treatment for the majority of patients because of. The degenerative and atrophic changes where observed more in the kidneys of rats that received the highest dose (1.almost 50% after…
The Long-Haired Persian Knows It Well: An Errant Snapshot of Greece
Errant contributor Photine Liakos sends us a verbal snapshot of Greece, from Greece, below. While we in the States can know nothing that isn’t punditry promoted by the IMF and the World Bank (unless you’re wise enough to catch The Keiser Report) we can discover the real lives of real people held prisoner to the machinations of the enemy’s gods. As a kind of preface,…
The News Imbued with Charter Ague
Our friend and contributor Doug Martin updates us daily, bright and early, at his Facebook page, Indiana Government Exposed, as to the extent in which our public schools are being degraded, down-graded, and defunded by political operatives (no district representatives these) in the service of Big Money and Religion (odd how these two often seem to show up to the dance together). Further we are…
Servicing the Masters (SOP): The Daily Show and OWS
They truly were the least-toileted generation. That quote is from Jon Stewart in the show’s most recent foray into humor at the expense of thought. Take a look and then come back (sorry, I can’t get it embedded properly). Occupy Wall Street Divided First, is this a surprise? What I mean is 1) is it a surprise that TDS would mock this? and 2) is…
Contest! A Trinity of Errancies to Parody
The prize to a reader who might make the following three “insights” coalesce, Errant-style. Good luck! 1 Summary and conclusion on preclinical pharmacology and toxicology: Overall, the preclinical pharmacodynamic studies have shown thatsildenafil has a high potency and selectivity for PDE5 and that via smooth muscle relaxation, sildenafil can induce a rise in intracavernosal pressure during stimulation. buy cialis Although not yet fully elucidated the…
Philosophus Agonistes: Thinking Against the State
I’ve been pondering what it is schools do and what it is I can imagine they might do instead. So you might gather from that statement that I do not agree with our current educational systems. But, I might as easily say that this position is easily transferred to ANY institution that has been used to govern humanity. With this being said, it might be…
Managed Democracy and Stalinism: Education Reform From Russia, With Love.
Okay, because schools, I’ve been told, suck, and because Americans, it’s been said, are stupid, and because citizens, it seems, are unaware of the history that has brought us to this point, I will offer a brief lesson. You can do it yourself if you just go to the Wikipedia right now (I’m told you won’t go to the library and that you don’t even…
Mission: School
From a response on a local school “strategies” thread: The current mission statement for the Monroe County Community School Corporation: MISSION We commit to working with our community to deliver an appropriate and safe learning environment with a curriculum dedicated to excellence that honors the unique and diverse needs of our students. *** A school is an institution A school is a building A school…