Uneasy Rhetoric

Very few people read this blog; nevertheless, I’ve been hit by auto-spammers. Ironically, all of the articles to which this person hocking the blue pill tried to comment were way back in the archive.
So far, Wordpress’ comment moderating with the spam words sent all 25-30 messages to me for moderation. This [...]

32-story tower proposed: Plans call for 100 luxury condos atop 200-room J St. hotel. From the Sacramento Business Journal
I don’t object anymore to the thought of Sacramento growing up. Once upon a time, I did, because I saw it as a sign of greedy and slipshod development. Frankly, it still is – Sacramento seems to [...]

According to this article, e-learning strategies in Ireland may ignore the Irish language. This decision is not political, but purely monetary:
When outlining the potential difficulty in rolling out e-learning in the Irish market O’Callaghan said that any requirement to localize e-learning courseware into Irish-Gaelic could be prohibitively expensive.
“Ireland will need to make some hard [...]

A decade ago or so, the newspaper that once employed Mark Twain shut its doors. In an effort to compete with the Sacramento Bee, the Sacramento Union became increasingly conservative, positioning itself as the alternative to the “liberal media.” (Yes, that phrase has been around a long time.)
Now, the Union has been resurrected as [...]

Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) has a blog. This should be interesting to watch unfold, as she tries to keep the discussion on “one topic at a time.” If you live in her district (Assembly District 14), you should check it out.
For the rest of us, we should see how this political blog works [...]