Doug Moe’s Saturday column: “Hope and Doom on I-26” reminded me of the well known Jesus Parable: The Good Samaritan. I wonder how many of us would do what Chuck Stiles and his son did last Sunday in South Carolina?
Local Sports Site wishoops.net makes a splash
Jason Kiley of wishoops.net reported Friday that Madison Memorial basketball player Wesley Matthews will attend Marquette. This is interesting in several ways:
- Local TV Station Channel 3 credited this site as the source for their Friday evening report
- Jon Masson, Wisconsin State Journal Sports columnist referred only to a “A state basketball Web site” in his article on the subject. If the subject is worth an article, it is certainly right to link to the site!
- The site provides a substantial amount of content, far more than the old media types. I wish them well!
- Interestingly, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is silent on the matter this Saturday morning.
This article, and the old media’s handling is a great example of what Jeff Jarvis refers to as the disintermediation of authority. Advertising revenues will follow over time. The Economist covered this recently (subscription required).
Dickerson on Bill Cosby
Writer Debra Dickerson chimes in on Bill Cosby in “America’s Granddad gets ornery“.
WI Senate Race: Feingold
Incumbent Senate Candidate Russ Feingold has a 4 to 1 fund raising lead over his Republican challengers, according to Graema Zielinski.
TSA Flight Security Comments
Paul Saffo forwards comments from a senior carrier pilot on the airport security morass:
In consideration of the change in flight crew procedural response, armed pilots, air marshalls, and especially the reinforced flight deck door, there is no reason to screen passengers for anything other than explosives, and we do not have the effective means to do that. Screening for nail clippers, scissors, and any other portable implements including guns is meaningless
We in Madison are generally fortunate that the security lines at MSN are nothing like those at SFO, LAX, CVG, LGA (Friday night!) or other major airports.
100 Black Men of Madison Golf Event
Johnny Winston emailed:
Please feel free to share this information with all interested persons or
parties –
100 Black Men of Madison, Inc. Golf Outing
On Monday July 26, 2004 The 100 Black Men of Madison, Inc., cordially
invites the public to participate in their 4th Annual Golf Outing at
Cherokee Country Club located at 5000 North Sherman Avenue.
Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. with a shotgun scramble at 12 noon. The
$125 fee includes 18 holes of golf, motorized cart, dinner, prizes and a lot
of fun!
The 100 Black Men of Madison is a non-profit, tax exempt organization.
Participation in this event helps the 100 Black Men of Madison to fund the
organization?s charitable activities in the Dane County area for
underprivileged youth. A free youth golf clinic will be presented to all
registered youth from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Walk ups are welcome the day of the event. For more information and to sign
up, please contact Derrick Smith at 608-831-0525.
Schoolinfosystem Great Posts
Check out the www.schoolinfosystem.org site for many great post on:
- Curriculum
- Governance/Budgets
- Bilingual education, among others.
Chip Implant – Mexico’s Attorney General
“Rafael Macedo de la Concha, Mexico’s Attorney-General, now has a non-removable microchip in his arm, to track his movements and to give him access to a new crime database, according to Bloomberg. The article says that eventually around 160 Mexican officials will have a chip implanted.”
Democracy’s Decline
Today’s WSJ editorial correctly identiifes the major problem we, as a democratic society have with limited, or no ballot choices. I believe one of the reasons for this problem is the increasingly cozy ties between a concentrated media (which growing numbers of citizens are turning off) and politicians.
Cheney & Davies Award
Interesting summary by Tom Schultz on the link between Watertown’s Davies Award, the UW and controversial VP Dick Cheney.