Daily Archives: December 17, 2003

Abbott v. ADA followup

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I received the following comment from my post about State Attorney General Greg Abbott and his legal assault on the ADA here in Texas. The commenter, Garth Corbett, is one of the plaintiff’s attorneys: I am the attorney for Advocacy, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Math miscellania

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Michael emailed me a link to this article, which was also noted by Teresa, about a breakthrough in understanding an obscure work by Archimedes in the field of combinatorics. Both the NYT article and Teresa’s observations are interesting, though I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The return of MEChA

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Ted Barlow has a long and detailed email interview with some members of MEChA, the Chicano student organization that was assailed as being a “hate group” during the California recall election. It’s a great read, so go check it out. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Today’s redistricting lawsuit update

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

The big news out of yesterday’s testimony came from State Rep. Glenn Lewis (D, Fort Worth), who spoke about making deals and GOP concerns about the Voting Rights Act. During his testimony, Mr. Lewis said that in May he pleaded … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Feel the power of my influence

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Ginger was kind enough to email me a link to BlogRunner’s list of Top Authors, which it determines by “counting unique references to articles and posts authored in the last 60 days”. A who’s-linking-who popularity contest, in other words. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Sounds good to me

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Whatever one may think of the invasion of Iraq, I believe we can all unite behind August’s suggestion of what to do with Saddam Hussein. We can now find out if Saddam has seen the South Park movie. And, if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Long live the revolution!

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s a little quiz, from something I saw in the news yesterday but didn’t get around to commenting on. See if you can identify the speaker and the subject of the following quote. “Because those who are fighting against it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I’m glad you see it that way now, but…

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

On the one hand, I suppose I should be glad that one of the prosecutors in the Andrea Yates case is now telling health care professionals that Yates was very, very sick when she killed her children. Andrea Yates had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Forget it, I’m gonna be a Whig

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I think Roy and Jesse have the right idea, so from here on out whenever you hear me criticize the Republican Party or any one of its members, assume I’m speaking as a fellow Republican. In particular, I’m a Republican … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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