by James Heflin | Oct 23, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
When I taught Freshman English, it was often comically obvious when a student plagiarized. Not 'cause I'm necessarily Mr. X-Ray Eyes or anything–I simply had people start everything in class by putting pen to paper, turn it in as a first draft and then...
by James Heflin | Oct 27, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Ever wondered if there's some way to quantify the subjective experience of time passing quickly or slowly? Here's a fascinating article about the experience of time and how it relates to the brain. It has some answers, and they're pretty cool. There's...
by James Heflin | Oct 28, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
My hometown gets a load of Bush as motivational speaker. (Quotes below from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.)Bush confuses, understandably in his case, our economic system with our form of government. It does rather explain his pre-presidency statement “This is an...
by James Heflin | Oct 30, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The beginning of an online exclusive at Vanity Fair called "The Sick Business of Health Care Profiteering": With median annual compensation of more than $12.4 million, C.E.O.’s at the big health-care companies make two-thirds more than their...
by James Heflin | Nov 4, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
"Just the facts ma'am" post for a very busy day: the Congressional Budget Office director says– CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have just issued a preliminary analysis of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, as...
