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