BBC World “Now in America” Billboards
19 June 2007 | lecollye
All photos courtesy of Usemycomputer.com.
Archive for June 2007
That. Just. Happened.
14 June 2007 | W A Hurd
It was either that or “Neato gang! Super duper!”
It’s been a longtime coming, and in my heart, I’d hoped it would have been a foregone conclusion. But it was a long, hard fight. Equal marriage is finally safe in Massachusetts, thanks to the untiring efforts of activists, legislators and ordinary people who acted on […]
How We Rank Versus The Rest of The World
12 June 2007 | lecollye
From Rocknrule:
USA Ranking on Adult Literacy Scale: #9
(#1 Sweden and #2 Norway)- OECD
USA Ranking on Healthcare Quality Index: #37
(#1 France and #2 Italy)- World Health Organization 2003
USA Ranking of Student Reading Ability: #12
(#1 Finland and #2 South Korea)- OECD PISA 2003
USA Ranking of Student Problem Solving Ability: #26
(#1 South Korea and #2 Finland)- OECD PISA […]
Scapegoat
5 June 2007 | lecollye
scape·goat (skāp’gōt’)
noun.
1. One that is made to bear the blame of others.
2. Bible: A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.
3.
From Reuters:
WASHINGTON - Former vice presidential aide […]
