Archive for "Mar, 2009"

Another Dead Week

Well, it seems as though we have to go a while longer without much posting at ZackFord Blogs. I’m now in Washington, DC for the ACPA National Conference, but I’m sure just as with Creating Change, I will have a LOT to blog about when I leave. Stay tuned! Share this:DiggRedditStumbleUponEmailPrint

Job Searching and Personal PR

As I finish up my Master’s degree, I am undertaking the ever-enjoyable job search process.  I write about this for multiple reasons. First of all, if you are in higher education and have positions opening related to social justice, student engagement, or similar kinds of student affairs positions, let me know!  You will have my [...]

Friday Fundamentalist Farce File #4

It’s back! You know you missed it. Here’s this week’s wrap-up of the charming propaganda provided by OneNewsNow. 3/13/09 – Steele disappoints conservatives on abortion, homosexuality This was too good to ignore.  I’m pretty sure everybody saw this… Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is under fire from social conservatives for telling GQ magazine that [...]

No, no, no! Science is science and there is no debate!

I don’t want to spend too much time on this, but it really has me fuming. A Texas legislator, State Representative Leo Berman, wants to remove higher education standards so that a private university called The Institute for Creation Research can offer Masters degrees in Creationism. Read the article here. (Hat tip to Hemant Mehta.) [...]

America, America, God shed his guilt on thee!

I’m back!  I’m relaxed.  I’m set to graduate with my Master’s.  Most importantly, I’m ready to get back to regular blogging! So check out this brochure that I was handed at yesterday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Des Moines. Seems like it’s going to be this great message about America?  Well, maybe not.  The crumbling [...]