http://www.revelarium.com/index.htmlRevelarium Blog Feedenmsw@revelarium.comCopyright 2009 Michael Wardell2009-12-29T20:43:04-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:54:57 -0800msw@revelarium.comBlogging2009-12-29T20:43:04-08:00http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/631167048245ecaa9b40f4e11361b67d-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/631167048245ecaa9b40f4e11361b67d-9.html#unique-entry-id-9As I was reading through my regular list of blogs through my newsreader today, I had a blinding flash of the obvious. Post blog entries in the morning.]]>msw@revelarium.comNone2009-12-28T20:13:40-08:00http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/2f89c9fa475dde94123d7dcc17c60eab-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/2f89c9fa475dde94123d7dcc17c60eab-8.html#unique-entry-id-8This is a relatively light week for me, so I am trying to take this time and read a couple of books that have interested me lately. They are Fierce Conversations and Fierce Leadership by Susan Scott. I haven’t gotten completely through them yet, but I do have a couple of impressions.]]>msw@revelarium.comCurrent Events, Politics2009-12-27T20:44:42-08:00http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/90ff3cd411bd717421184882d91608dd-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/90ff3cd411bd717421184882d91608dd-7.html#unique-entry-id-7On Christmas Day, Northwest Flight 253 was the object of an attempted terrorist attack You can read about it here.
There is certainly a lot to talk about, but I will keep this one short.
]]>msw@revelarium.comNone2009-12-25T13:51:16-08:00http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/b4af33a764a3b85d33ebf5f82d0efe0e-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/b4af33a764a3b85d33ebf5f82d0efe0e-6.html#unique-entry-id-6As I reflect upon this day, I cannot but think about the reason for the season and what it means to me. What has come to make it precious. There are probably as many reasons for this season to be special as there are people. Here are mine.]]>msw@revelarium.comCurrent Events, Politics2009-12-23T23:32:51-08:00http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/9e350b049c179fc272b682acf742c2a9-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/9e350b049c179fc272b682acf742c2a9-5.html#unique-entry-id-5I am a fan of Michael Barone. I don’t really need to agree with a guy or his conclusions to respect the way he always tries to bring relevant well-thought-out facts to his articles. Today’s article started with health care as a base and talked about the current errors between the Republicans saying that a bill like this has never been passed and the Democrats saying once this is bill is in place, it will never be removed. It’s definitely worth a read. He talked about how consequences can be what no one intends. I saw some other things in the article. Some more basic questions. The following comments use this article as a backdrop.]]>msw@revelarium.comCurrent Events, Politics2009-12-22T22:45:52-08:00http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/d9b062168e29f608ffcbd9dfb8d5b5ac-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/d9b062168e29f608ffcbd9dfb8d5b5ac-3.html#unique-entry-id-3There used to be a time when equal protection under the law was an ideal. So was equal treatment under the law. Now we seem to be moving to the ideal of pure power politics. It would make Thucydides proud. It makes me a little sick. Are our founding principles so cheap that they can be casually thrust away?
]]>msw@revelarium.comCurrent Events, Politics2009-12-21T21:32:13-08:00http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/021bd599bf089816c0be662faacd5378-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/021bd599bf089816c0be662faacd5378-2.html#unique-entry-id-2Well, it looks like we will probably going forward with health care reform. I think “ugly” pretty well describes the process here. “Disgraceful” is not too strong a term. We deserve better. We deserve to be better. Let me elaborate.]]>msw@revelarium.comCurrent Events, Politics2009-12-20T22:00:52-08:00http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/5d9bf2861fd627fa5802685e1e437164-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/5d9bf2861fd627fa5802685e1e437164-1.html#unique-entry-id-1"Climategate" certainly has stirred up climate change discussions. On the one hand, the skeptics seem to see this as a "smoking gun" that invalidates human-based global warming. The supporters consider this "much ado about nothing." What is one to make of this?

Some of the issues raised in the thousands of emails are surely damning. There were attempts to stifle dissent and manipulate data toward an end. On the other hand, some issues were taken out of context.

Still, there have been years of climate science at places other than Anglin. This cannot and should not be dismissed .

But that isn't really the issue.]]>msw@revelarium.comCurrent Events, Politics2009-12-04T22:12:07-08:00http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/4c68527523f55a342035717366eaa6eb-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.revelarium.com/page2/files/4c68527523f55a342035717366eaa6eb-0.html#unique-entry-id-0Today government unemployment figures showed a change in unemployment rate from 10.2% to 10.0%. Most commentary I have seen has called this “cautiously optimistic” news. I am not so sure about this.]]>