This is a two-week update, but there’s still not much, I’m afraid. I’ll dispense with the categories this time.
Offshore Wind Energy Picking Up Speed
Tag Archives: politics
Care2 Blog Weekly Roundup (04/28/12)
Care2 Blog Weekly Roundup (04/14/12)
Care2 Blog Weekly Roundup (03/10/12)
Settling back in to a day job (more than one, in fact) has been going swimmingly, but I need to wedge my writing in there somehow. I went about two weeks without getting any blogging done, but I’m back in the saddle now.
Politics:
Climate Denier Teaches University “Climate Science” Course
Nude Calendar Protests Muslim Oppression of Women
“No Politics In Science Class In Louisiana,” 75 Nobelists Plead
Environment:
A Partnership to Rescue Our Oceans
Coal Not the Only “Climate Bad Guy”
Animal Welfare:
The Importance of Numeracy
An article of mine has just run at The Irascible Professor, which provides “Irreverent Commentary on the State of Education in America today”. The title it’s run under is “Numeracy, is it important?”
The article was prompted by a Washington Post news item from before Christmas: a school board member in Florida failed the math section of his state’s own standardized assessment for tenth graders, but worse, he went on to make public comments that the math being tested was not relevant to real life. I argue against that statement.
Beyond that, I’ll let the article speak for itself. However, I’ve already received several interesting comments via email, which Dr. Shapiro, whom runs the site, has forwarded to me. Not everyone is so forgiving as I (apparently) was to this school board member.
(I wrote that the school board member “is, I’m sure, not a stupid man.” A reader responded that he might very well be stupid, since there is no evidence to the contrary. Yikes.)
Care2 Blog Weekly Roundup (02/25/12)
Not much this week, I’m afraid. Only two new posts since last time, and, in actual point of fact, both were written at the time of my last roundup. They weren’t included only because they weren’t published until later in the weekend. I’ll try to do better next week.
Politics:
Care2 Blog Weekly Roundup (02/18/12)
Care2 Blog Weekly Roundup (02/11/12)
Class Politics:
Local Politician Spends Month on Welfare
What Do Job Projections Mean When There Aren’t Enough Jobs?
Animal Welfare:
Canine Ear Cropping Banned in Manitoba
79 Dogs Seized from Illegal Manitoba Breeding Operation
Think Global, Work Local: Pet Ownership as Social Justice
Civil Rights:
Teachers Forced to Remove LGBT “Ally” Cards
Environment and Health:
Canada Health: BPA’s a Toxin But It’s Okay to Have It In Our Food
Care2 Blog Weekly Roundup (02/03/12)
Environment:
Time to Stop Canada’s Polar Bear Hunt
Increase Arctic Shrubbery May Destroy Permafrost
NYC Cancels Winter Jam, Citing Lack of Winter
Hanford Site: Radiation Levels High, Progress Slow
Top Industry Experts: Green Energy is a Smart Investment
Animal Welfare:
Cat Undergoes Revolutionary New Full Knee Replacement
Civil Rights:
Are We Living in a Caste Society?
African Americans for Humanism Launch Awareness Campaign
Pseudoscience, Women’s Rights, and Skepchicks
Politics:
Is Anyone Out There? Do We Care?
Who Are the Real Advocates For Oil?
New Study Links Racism and Conservative Beliefs with Low IQ
Care2 Blog Weekly Roundup (01/27/12)
Politics:
Climate Change Deniers Set School Policy, Forecast Weather
Post-Fukushima, Nuclear Policies in Flux Around the World
“Climate Skeptic” Thinktank Asked to Reveal Secret Funders
Act on ACTA: The Internet War is Not Over
Canadians Want Legislation to Regulate Sex-Specific Abortion
Animal Welfare:
Texas Pastor Kills Neighbours’ Cat
Why We Will Boycott “The Grey”
Environment:
Tipping Point: Amazon Basin Becoming a New Carbon Source?