http://www.americanathens.com Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:04:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en American Athens is taking a leave of absence as we sort out this whole bi-coastal thing. In the meantime, feel free to check out or even link to one of our other blogs: Anyone But Romney in 2008. Hope to be back up again soon... http://www.americanathens.com/2008/01/29/anyone-but-romney-in-2008/ Thank God. http://www.americanathens.com/2007/08/01/larry-bird-is-not-walking-through-that-door/ Our man, middle-aged and gray, entered the cafe. Walking up to the counter, he surveyed the small seating area. "Only a few tonight." He thought. "Still, small for a friday." "I'll have a coffee, black, please. Small, please." He said. "Will that ... http://www.americanathens.com/2007/07/20/why-we-die/ All photos courtesy of Usemycomputer.com. http://www.americanathens.com/2007/06/19/bbc-world-now-in-america-billboards/ 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 ... http://www.americanathens.com/2007/06/14/that-just-happened/ 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 ... http://www.americanathens.com/2007/06/12/how-we-rank-versus-the-rest-of-the-world/ 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 ... http://www.americanathens.com/2007/06/05/scapegoat/ That’s right, I’m outta here. Unless something catastrophic happens between now and June 30th, after 26+ years in New England, I’m about to call somewhere else (the San Francisco Bay Area) home for a while. I’m not leaving for a job or a women, but because of numerous socio-cultural realities ... http://www.americanathens.com/2007/05/21/american-athens-soon-to-be-bicoastal-in-the-literal-and-not-pejorative-sense/ Some of Jerry's finer moments: "I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point ... http://www.americanathens.com/2007/05/15/satan-finally-finds-4th-for-poker-game-jerry-falwell-dead-at-age-73/ Why do I read Curt Shilling's blog? I don't enjoy it. I don't appreciate him or his politics, and I think that Boston has enough old, white, arrogant, windbags, pretending they are something else--and yet, I still read that stupid blog once and a while. Dear Guy Brushing His Teeth ... http://www.americanathens.com/2007/05/10/things-that-have-been-on-my-mind-recently/