… None of us want to think that criticism is actually about our behavior. It’s much, much easier to dismiss it as the product of someone else’s biased thinking. It’s much easier to say, “This isn’t about what I do, because no matter what I do, this person is not going to like it or me.” …
Daily Archives: May 10, 2010
I carry a badge…
The social transaction here is a major theme of both Dragnet and Adam-12, and one that would later be developed in new directions by TV shows like COPS.
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The Best of Quiche: Political Rants
You know I’m reviewing my QM blogging. Time for some rants.
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Get your program, cant’ tell what’s going on without a program: 9750 Words on Elena Kagan
Rachel Maddow suggests this as the Must Read document for the impending confirmation process.
Constructive v. Destructive Criticism.
How do you build up a movement with destructive criticism?
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Yeah, that’s what I thought. But that doesn’t stop the makers of sites like You’re Not Helping from going flat-out negative, even when they’re offering “praise.”
Obama may name Elena Kagan to Supreme Court
Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor-General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, US media reports say.
The White House has not yet commented, but Mr Obama is scheduled to announce his choice at 1000 (1400 GMT).
If confirmed, she would be the youngest member and the third woman on the court as well as the first justice in nearly four decades not to have been a judge.