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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Nigerian history: where do cleavages come from?
If history provides a needed frame of reference for understanding politics, this recent CNN report will be very helpful. What you should have been taught about NigeriaIn 1914 Nigeria’s colonial master,...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: It’s On Like Donkey Kong at Berlin’s Mount Mitte Urban...
[ By SA Rogers in Drawing & Digital. ]In the words of venerable modern philosopher Ice Cube, ‘it’s on like Donkey Kong’ – literally – at Berlin’s Mount Center climbing park, which features...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: A Standing Ovation for Great Animation: 13 Arresting...
[ By SA Rogers in Art& Photography & Video. ]There’s something about creating art that’s not quite reflective of our physical reality and then giving it life through motion that can be...
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Erik Brooks: Bear in Mind Comics No. 2
I'm admittedly new to the political cartooning, but "bear" with me if you will. I hope to do at least one or two of these a week, and there seems to be plenty to talk about. A rapid-fire morning here...
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Erik Brooks: Bear in Mind Comics No. 1
A new series of comics for me - and this time with an intentionally political bent. It's not much really, but in some fashion similar to the Polar Bear Post Card Project, these Bear In Mind strips will...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00: 11-13-2017
Town + Indoor Track. 46 minutes. 7 miles.Cold (24 degrees), foggy, and wet. Warm-up 3 miles, 4x100 strides. Then 6x800 w/ 2 min rest: 2:40, 2:41, 2:40, 2:41, 2:41, 2:38 (avg. 2:40.8, rest avg. 1:56.9)....
View ArticleDan Schofer '00: 11-12-2017
Abbe Hills Loop + Museum. 83 minutes. 11 miles.Chilly (37 degrees), light rain and snow. Slow and easy run. Felt fine. [Week: 75 miles]
View ArticleDan Schofer '00: 11-11-2017
Northfield + Carleton Arb. 89 minutes. 12 miles.Chilly (30s), wet, nice. Slow and easy run in the morning then lots of running around at the meet. Felt fine.
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Earthquake in Iran
We have recent records of earthquakes in China and Mexico. Now is the time to compare the capacity of Iran to deal with an earthquake with the capacities of China and Mexico. Iraq-Iran earthquake:...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Storage Worse: 10 Abandoned Self-Storage Facilities
[ By Steve in Abandoned Places& Architecture. ]Abandoned self-storage locker units (and those who bid for them) have spawned a popular TV series but what happens when entire facilities go...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Urban Miniatures: Graffiti-Tagged Architectural Model...
[ By WebUrbanist in Art& Sculpture & Craft. ]In a world of pristine and perfect model architecture, this replica of a locksmith in Taiwan boasts dirt, grime, graffiti and rickety structural...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Religious Conversion: Modern Office Inserted Into a...
[ By SA Rogers in Architecture& Offices & Commercial. ]A cubic white volume juts out of the exterior wall of a historic church in Belgium, looking a bit like it a dramatic incident of some...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00: 11-10-2017
Short Abbe Hills + Indoor Track + Treadmill. 70 minutes. 10 miles.Cold (20 degrees), breezy. Warm-up 5 miles, then 4x100 strides. Then 8 x 400 w/ 60 sec rest: 76, 77, 78, 76, 77, 76, 76, 76 (avg. 76.9,...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00: 11-9-2017
Gillette. 30 minutes. 4 miles.Chilly (30 degrees), windy. Slow, easy run.
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Corruption
Corruption is a factor in government and politics. Is it part of the curriculum? For China. For Iran. For Russia. For Mexico. For the UK. For Nigeria. Nigerian president sacks senior official amid...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: That’s a Wrap: Critics Pan Leather Skirt that Looks Like...
[ By WebUrbanist in Design& Guerilla Ads & Marketing. ]It’s easy to pan high fashion for being expensive, impractical and out of touch with reality, and all the more so when a fashion item...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00: 11-9-2017
Town + Mud Road. 52 minutes. 7 miles.Chilly (30 degrees), sunny, breezy. Slow, easy run. 6x100 strides.
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