Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Posts Tagged ‘race’

With Zombies on Your Heels, You’d Better Run for Your Lives

With Zombies on Your Heels, You’d Better Run for Your Lives

Monday, January 9, 2012 6:00

Forget your gun, your sword, your axe, and even your chainsaw. One on one, these are suitable weapons against a slow or fast zombie, but when you’ve got dozens, maybe even hundreds of zombies coming your way, you better run! Pause to fire off a round or take a swing ...

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Waterhole

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Waterhole

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 14:45

Man vs Animal. Also, Bike.

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Race Is Always a Parenting Issue

Race Is Always a Parenting Issue

Monday, August 15, 2011 8:30

[originally posted at The Good Men Project] Last week, The Good Men Project started a conversation about race by publishing 8 articles from diverse points of view over the course of the week. However, the site launched the series last Monday with four ...

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Race Awareness? There’s an App for That.

Race Awareness? There’s an App for That.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:00

This isn’t so much a review as it is a short article pointing to a worthwhile application developed by Michael D. Baran, a cultural anthropologist specializing in how children learn about race and diversity and how, in turn, we can better teach children and adults about these thorny ...

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Black History Month is Living History Month

Black History Month is Living History Month

Monday, February 28, 2011 9:00

I love Black History Month. True, I grew up in Arizona, which was the last state in the union to observe a civil rights holiday by any name. And true, it ultimately took losing the 1993 Super Bowl (and all its associated economic benefits) to convince Arizona voters to enact ...

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Bolar for Dollars

Bolar for Dollars

Saturday, January 29, 2011 21:18

If you ask me to choose between a struggling single mother wanting to provide better opportunities for her children and a school district whose sole concern is its bank account, I’m going to go with the former. As an Asian American parent of modest...

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1/18th R/C Minature Wonder Car

1/18th R/C Minature Wonder Car

Sunday, May 2, 2010 8:00

I’ve been playing around with Radio Controlled cars for most of my life. Recently, this has seen something of a resurgence. For me this has been because I’ve wanted to introduce my kids to the hobby. But more generally there seems to be increasing interest in the building, tuning and ...

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5 Geeky Gadgets for Marathon Watchers

5 Geeky Gadgets for Marathon Watchers

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00

Our family trip back to New Orleans last month was filled with visits to the Audubon Zoo, Aquarium of the Americas, WWOZ and Todd’s Frozen Yogurt. The primary reason for the 13-hour journey, however, was to watch my wife complete a marathon. Unless you count Lode, I am not a runner. ...

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Parenting News: BMI, Food Portions, Sports Injuries, Genetic Mutations, and Race

Parenting News: BMI, Food Portions, Sports Injuries, Genetic Mutations, and Race

Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:58

Calculating BMI Want to know your child’s Body Mass Index? (KidsHealth) Portion Distortion How do you judge the amount of food your kids should eat? (KidsHealth) Jump in Kids’ Sports Injuries Due To Overuse “Injuries are increasing because kids are playing sports year-round — often without seasonal breaks.” (Healthday) Entire Family Genome ...

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Dads in the Mix: John Doe-Berg

Dads in the Mix: John Doe-Berg

Monday, March 8, 2010 19:47

I lost my identity. I was born identifying as a middle class white Jew. I no longer identify religiously nor do I identify as being white. My own family is “mixed” and, as I have come to understand, race identification is only a consequence of prejudice anyway. ...

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