Sunday, November 13, 2011

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Folks, for Monday, Read the Introduction, and Chapters 1 and 2 in Manjoo. Slides forthcoming.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

There is nothing wrong with starting a search at Wikipaedia. Sometimes, the articles are well researched, such as this one on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch which was referenced on your midterm.


Thursday, October 6, 2011



Howdy folks,
I'm permanently changing my office hours for the rest of the semester. Going forward, my office hours will be
Tues/Thurs from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM or by appointment.

Howdy folks,
There are two events that may be of interest to you.  For the second event, I have no idea if the bands are any good, but I think the cause is. Perhaps I will see some of you at one/both of these events!

First, tonight from 5 to 7 at the civil war statue on College Green there will be an "Occupy OU" event. Sounds like some folks are trying to get their voices heard locally.

Second is the following benefit event at Casa Nueva (this is from the Athens News):
Books for Prisoners Benefit with Chris Monday, Mike Elliott & Friends, Octopus & Owl, Queen Bee & The Honey Don'ts, and 150 cent. Benefit for Athens Books for Prisoners, a non-profit group that sends books and letters to prison inmates in Ohio. The show is free but financial donations and books are encouraged and welcomed. 10 p.m. Casa Cantina.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Folks,
I STRONLY suggest you watch this interview with Bill Clinton from this morning on Morning Joe.
This was NOT part of your podcast. You should watch it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/#44624731

Now, if this link does not bring up the video directly, it might play right here if I did this right...

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Monday, September 19, 2011

It's the hypocrisy I can't stand!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/us/politics/republicans-sought-clean-energy-money-for-home-states.html?hpw
Folks,
You'll have a better time with today's lecture if you bring with you the handouts on fallacies and critical thinking you should have read for last week!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Folks, this article dove-tails nicely with the talk of poverty that will occur over the coming weeks...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/14/u-s-women-hit-hardest-by-poverty-says-census-report.print.html
I don't mind corporations...I just think they need to be well regulated.

As you read this article, notice all the "passing-of-the-buck" by the three companies involved due to both the possible financial and criminal penalties facing them...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/science/earth/15spill.html?_r=1&hpw

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Hello Class!

Here are the abridged powerpoint slides for class on Wednesday, September 14th.

NOTE: We ended Monday's class at slide 14 on your handouts from Monday. The slides after that have moved to later in the lecture. Use these slides for our lecture on Wednesday.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011