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Foglesong resigns

So in a surprising announcement, Foglesong (MSU's president) announced today that he would resign effective June 30.I don't pretend to know anything about the internal politics of all this, but I do k...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:25:00 GMT

Mississippi Politics

So I've decided to tackle Mississippi politics. I'm realizing that I know a lot about national politics, but nothing about state and local stuff, even though day-to-day that's usually more important.I...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:02:00 GMT

MSU goes crazy over daffodils

This Starkville Daily News story is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read:Removal of popular yellow flowers at MSU upsetting manyFirst, it's a front-page story in the Starkville Daily News ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:42:00 GMT

MSU caves to RIAA

Here's the full text of the letter students of Mississippi State University got today:The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and other organizationscontinue to pursue people who share co...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:35:00 GMT

Foglesong

Check out the immature rant spewed forth by MSU's illustrious president. I've had back-and-forth feelings about the guy, but this just clinches it: he's crazy.
Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:39:00 GMT

Life

Oh, and I lead an incredibly boring life....posting about politics on my MySpace blog and stuff.
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:27:00 GMT

McCain

From McCain's Last Stand in the latest Rolling Stone:"We're talking," he says, sighing, "about the likelihood that Iraq turns into Afghanistan. Which is exactly the scenario that I envision, and most ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:20:00 GMT

Habeas Corpus

Everyone on Digg is going crazy about the habeas corpus bill.If it's referring to S.185 (which I'm not sure about, the site is really light on details), that raises the question: what is this tidbit d...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:57:00 GMT

Iraqi parliament

In the YouTube Democratic debates, much was made about the Iraqi parliament taking a break for a few weeks "because it's hot in Baghdad." Personally, I think that sounds a bit disingenuous, given that...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:50:00 GMT

43 Things

If you want something both addictive and life-affirming, give 43 Things a try. Here's my page.Now it's just a matter of stopping finding things I want to do and actually doing them. That's always the ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:52:00 GMT