Archives for the 'politics' Category
So, why don’t we make more money?
Published on 29 Jan 2008 at 12:13 am.
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Filed under blogging, politics.
A recent poll by Harris Interactive to see who Americans think have prestigious jobs listed both scientist and teacher as being prestigious. Hmm.  Since I am a college professor and an astronomer, does that make me doubly prestigious? Also on the list of the most prestigious professions was firefighter, military officer, nurse, and doctor. Interestingly, […]
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Measuring and Mitigating Light Pollution
Published on 6 Oct 2007 at 10:58 am.
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Filed under politics, skywatching.
Light pollution is the bane of astronomers world wide. Now, we all know that outdoor lighting is sometimes needed at night. But, outdoor lighting is almost always over done. At night, there are plenty of reasons to have lights on outside. Streetlights improve traffic safety. Sporting events are played at […]
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Will China beat us back to the Moon?
Published on 5 Oct 2007 at 8:47 pm.
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Filed under politics, space exploration.
I read a rather disappointing news report recently. In the AP story that I read, reportedly NASA’s chief administrator Mike Griffin said he believed that China would make it to the Moon before the United States makes it back. Given what I’ve seen in the last few years, I don’t doubt it.
Sputnik was […]
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Student Loans
Published on 11 Aug 2007 at 3:04 pm.
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Filed under college teaching, politics.
The Fall Semester is soon going to begin. Once again the campus will be filled with students looking for their classrooms and filling up the parking lots. This is going to be happening all over the country. But, these students are going to have to pay for their classes. In this […]
The New Dollar Coins
Published on 21 Nov 2006 at 7:51 pm.
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Filed under Uncategorized, politics.
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The United States Mint has recently announced the production of a new one dollar coin. The new coins will feature the images of past presidents on their fronts, and an image of the Statue of Liberty on their backs. The new coins will be available next year. The new coins will be golden […]
“So, where’s my money?” or political fuzzy math
Published on 14 Oct 2006 at 12:02 am.
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Filed under politics.
Well the governor’s race here in Texas is heating up. It is interesting. We have a sitting governor up for re-election, but he is facing such a groundswelling of resentment from his own party that a major section of the party has broken off and is backing an independent candidate, who herself broke […]
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You’ve got to be kidding …
Published on 8 Sep 2006 at 10:46 am.
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Filed under planets, politics.
OK, now I know that politicians aren’t really altogether with it sometimes. This morning, as I was getting dressed to come to campus, I had the TV on and the new gubernatorial ads are now playing. Up until now, they have run something like, “Hi, I am X, and I am running for governor. I […]
