Doug Sohn, owner of Hot Doug’s, was busted on the morning of Feburary 17th for disobeying Chicago city law by continuing to offer foie gras-laced hot dogs at his restaurant. Dough Sohn had been defying the city’s ruling since it passed last year on August 22nd and has disregarded a number of warnings by city […]
Archive for February, 2007
Here is a nice 3 minute presentation on how to succeed (first video, scroll down). From Presentation Zen.
Steve Jobs on Public Education
Published by February 18th, 2007 in Economics, Policy and Education. 3 CommentsI believe that what is wrong with our schools in this nation is that they have become unionized in the worst possible way.
So said Jobs last Friday, speaking at an education reform conference. This isn’t the first time Jobs has criticized unions. In an interview from April 1995:
The problem there of course is the unions. […]
From the BBC:
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has threatened to nationalise stores that sell meat above a government-set price. …”If they [the stores] insist on violating the interests of the people, the constitution and laws, I will take away the warehouses, the shops, I will take away the supermarkets and I’ll nationalise them,” he warned.
The line […]
RE: Today’s UES meeting — The one and only MODERATE aside, what is with all the moderates, namely, moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats and independents who think it’s a great idea to have universal healthcare and/or mandated health insurance? Is this a close call? Are perceptions being distorted by France’s supposedly good system? Canada’s? We […]
Here is the rest of our policy proposial. I think the biggest beef you all will have will be the reducion targets we have set.
Distribution
Carbon credits will initially be sold only once to companies. After the initial sell, any individual, organization, or company can buy the remaining emission credits. In the initial sell, carbon credits […]
Hello everyone,
This is my first post on Awkward Utopia and I hope to contribute more after this. Please be forgiving…
Last semester I took a course titled “Environmental Crisis and Sustainability. It was an honors environmental history course. For the final grade, a group of four had to take an issue and create […]
