Friday, September 28, 2007

Protest Vote On Akcess (AKA Gotta Have Faith)

›
I was the only member of the Common Council to vote No on the Akcess Acquisition Group's plan to put an office building and hotel/restau...
2 comments:
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

$17.2 Million For Nothing

›
Legislative inaction on the state budget has cost the taxpayers $17.2 million in salaries, fringe benefits, and other costs, according to th...
1 comment:
Friday, September 21, 2007

Lemberger on Outsourcing

›
UWO Education Professor/Oshkosh Northwestern community columnist John Lemberger had an excellent piece on outsourcing in yesterday's pa...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Palmeri on Friday WPR "Week in Review"

›
I will be the "liberal" guy opposite UW Madison History Professor John Sharpless (the "conservative" guy) on Friday...

Rock 'n Roll Founders

›
I must say that YouTube is helping to make my "Rhetoric of Rock Music" course more enjoyable this semester. This week in class we...
2 comments:
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Shock Doctrine

›
Culture critic Naomi Klein's latest work argues that the "free" market has a "secret history" in which natural disas...
Sunday, September 16, 2007

One For The Chief, or Academia at its Worst, Part III

›
I wasn't planning to comment on the recent decision of UC-Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake to rescind an offer to prominent liberal law ...
1 comment:
Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Council Approves Climate Protection Agreement

›
Last night the Oshkosh Common Council approved the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement . We become the 668th city to s...
2 comments:
Monday, September 10, 2007

Once Worth Seeing Twice

›
Lori and I got a chance to see the critically acclaimed " Once " over the weekend. It's a simple, touching love story/musical...
2 comments:
Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Academia at its Worst, Part 2

›
Part 1 included a discussion of Norman Finkelstein's predicament at DePaul. After denying him tenure, the DePaul administration cancel...
10 comments:
Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Store Memorial

›
Thanks to Oshkosh citizen JH for passing this on:
Friday, August 31, 2007

Academia at its Worst

›
My September Media Rant for the Valley Scene takes on the myth of the liberal university in the context of some recent terminations of ...
3 comments:
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Tuesday's Meeting

›
I guess the theme of the Tuesday, August 28th meeting was "deja vu all over again," as there seemed to be lots of familiar topics ...
2 comments:
Monday, August 27, 2007

Response to Attack Editorial

›
The Northwestern published my response to their Aug. 19 attack editorial today, leaving out the word "attack" in the first line. ...
4 comments:
Thursday, August 23, 2007

All Those Years Ago

›
I'm back to blogging after bad weather knocked out my phone and Internet service for a few days. Kudos to the Oshkosh Northwestern for g...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Possible Referendum Question

›
Below is what I sent city attorney Kraft today to request placement on the council's August 28th agenda. He said he would have a respon...
5 comments:
Monday, August 20, 2007

The Road Ahead

›
As noted in this Oshkosh Northwestern summary , effective October 13th Richard Wollangk will retire as City Manager. The Northwestern summar...
5 comments:
Thursday, August 16, 2007

Palmeri On Your Radio

›
I'll be on the Friday, Aug. 17 Wisconsin Public Radio "Week in Review" from 8 - 9 a.m . Also on the show will be Marathon Cou...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Tuesday's Meeting

›
Here's some highlights from last night's Common Council meeting. *Before we got to citizen statements, Councilor Bain read this stat...
2 comments:
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

R.I.P: Phil "The Scooter" Rizzuto

›
New York Yankees' Hall of Fame shortstop and broadcaster Phil Rizzuto died today at the age of 89. I grew up watching Yankee games on W...
1 comment: