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Very Off-Topic Post on Baseball Playoffs
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Better Government, News /by1) I never thought I would be pining for Jack Buck and Tim McCarver, but can we ban TBS from ever having anything to do with the major league playoffs again? And take your 9 foot lead line with you. 2) I am fully prepared to spend the rest of my life never seeing or hearing about Cal Ripken again. This means you, Chevrolet and TBS. Oh, and let me throw in Brett Favre as well. This means you, Chris Berman, Wrangler, and Peter King. 3) Is it wrong to be reveling in the joint NY agony of Mets and Yankees fans? 4) Plus the apocalyptic nature of the Yankees meltdown in the nasty, bug-infested Cleveland night, with wonderchild Joba […]
Always the last one picked
/0 Comments/in Better Government, Blog, Blog: Better Government, Related Education Blogs /byI think I’m the only person that the Patrick Administration has not picked to be on an education advisory committee. I was fine when I was overlooked for the pre-K – 12 and Higher Education transition teams, consisting of 11 and 12 members respectively. Then, they went ahead without me for the K – 12 and Higher Education Task Forces, consisting of 47 total members. Next, I was snubbed for the Readiness Project Leadership Council, made up of 21 members. And now the final straw, no room for me among the 150+ members of the Readiness Project subcommittees. I’m kidding here obviously, but my broader point is this — how many committee meetings and members do you need to determine […]
Greek futurists, indeed.
/0 Comments/in Blog, News /by Liam DayNovember 13, 2007, at the Boston Harbor Hotel, Dr. Peter Diamandis will excite the imagination when he delivers this year’s Lovett C. Peters Lecture in Public Policy. Space travel, cars that get 100 miles to the gallon of gas, returning to the moon. These are ideas that can bring out the daydreamer in anyone. The thing is, Dr. Diamandis is helping make them reality. Watch and hear what he has to say, then decide for yourself whether it is worth a contribution to Pioneer to be there November 13, 2007. Who knows what previously-thought-to-be-impossible endeavor he may come up with?
Not rocket science – competition works
/0 Comments/in Blog, Economic Opportunity, News /by Scott W. Graves and Micaela DawsonThe Sunday Globe ran a great story on the dawn of a new industry – the space rocket business. No, it is not some George Jetson (“with Jane, his wife”) cartoon. Burt Rutan, Jeff Greason, and Dave Masten are all hanging out in the Mojave desert designing, engineering and building rockets. As the Globe noted, Fifty years after the Soviets launched the satellite Sputnik into space, Mojave has found itself at the center of a private space race that boosters say is as important – and risky – as the nationalistic race between the Soviets and the United States.This time, a group of ambitious entrepreneurs is leading the competition to launch regular Janes and Joes into space. So why the […]
They might also consider pricing
/0 Comments/in Blog, News /byGlobe West recently highlighted the issue that day-of-the-week restrictions on watering lawns may actually lead to increased watering. The restriction can serve as a reminder to water on a regular basis. The article notes that the state may consider stricter restrictions. Perhaps the state and municipalities should also consider using pricing as a policy tool to achieve conservation. I would direct them to Pioneer’s recent paper on the topic by Professors Rob Stavins and Sheila Olmstead at this link.