Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Dumb down your Shakespeare . . .

The Case for Zero-Tolerance of Modern School Administrators(cont'd):

Nearly 50 school libraries in Britain have rejected donations ofthe works of writers including William Shakespeare and CharlesDickens because too many students would find them "difficult" toread.

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH . . .

Potential Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson servingas fill-in host for the Paul Harvey radio show:

"And now from the Inner Mongolia Desk: The world's tallest manhas gotten married this past week. The groom: a 7-foot-9 herdsmanfrom Inner Mongolia. His bride is more than two feet shorter. Nowwhy did we do this story again this week? Because I just …

WTA Schedule

Jan. 1-7 — Brisbane International, HO (Kaia Kanepi)

Jan. 2-7 — ASB Classic, HO (Zheng Jie)

Jan. 8-13 — Apia International, HO (Victoria Azarenka)

Jan. 8-14 — Moorilla Hobart International, HO (Mona Barthel)

Jan. 16-29 — Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia, HO

Feb. 4-5 — Fed Cup I

Feb. 6-12 — Open GDF SUEZ, Paris, HI

Feb. 6-12 — PTT Pattaya Open, Pattaya, Thailand, HO

Feb. 13-19 — Qatar Ladies Open, Doha, Qatar, HO

Feb. 13-19 — Copa BBVA Colsanitas, Bogota, Colombia, RCO

Feb. 19-25 — Memphis WTA Invitational, Memphis, Tennessee, HI

Feb. 20-25 — Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, HO

Feb. 20-26 — …