A Word From the Wise - Tim Wise's Blog http://www.lipmagazine.org/timwise/ en-us 2004-09-15T08:18:30-08:00 because he's the education president, don't forget! http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/09/because_hes_the.html Thanks to the ill-named No Child Left Behind Act, and economic sluggishness (not to mention cuts in federal funding to the states for a wide variety of purposes), state and local governments are now having to cut back on their... W is great (the hotel that is) timwise 2004-09-15T08:18:30-08:00 capitalists for government intervention??? http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/09/capitalists_for.html By now, many of you have probably heard about the Alabama woman who was fired from her job for sporting a Kerry/Edwards sticker on her car. Today, you may also have heard, the Kerry campaign has hired her, essentially taking... capitalism and its discontents timwise 2004-09-15T07:44:22-08:00 Kerry Discovers Racism: a Little Late, Dont'cha Think? http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/09/kerry_discovers.html So, John Kerry has apparently come to the conclusion that the GOP may seek to suppress black voter turnout in the upcoming election. This, he has concluded, a mere four years after they managed to do just that in Florida... Race and Racism timwise 2004-09-12T11:39:56-08:00 Sorry for the long absence http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/09/sorry_for_the_l.html Although I have no idea if anyone is really reading this blog (one can always hope!), I want to apologize for the long absence. I've been on the road for speeches a bunch, and was also having problems with my... timwise 2004-09-10T10:50:15-08:00 What's a little fraud between friends? http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/08/whats_a_little.html Remember the last time you tried to get a loan, perhaps for a car, or a house, or just a new credit card, for that matter, but your credit score was too low to allow you to qualify? Maybe you... capitalism and its discontents timwise 2004-08-18T06:04:03-08:00 Internalized Racism and the "Model Minority" http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/08/internalized_ra.html Amidst the regular conservative blather about how Asian Pacific Americans have "made it" in the U.S. (the subtext being that blacks and Latinos should be more like Asians, and stop griping about racism), the ongoing discrimination faced by Asian Pacific... Race and Racism timwise 2004-08-17T14:01:58-08:00 Big Chief W explains tribal sovereignty with his usual flair http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/08/big_chief_w_exp_1.html During the Q&A period after his speech to journalists of color at a recent conference, the President was asked about tribal/national sovereignty for indigenous persons in the U.S. and what the concept means in the 21st century. With any number... W is great (the hotel that is) timwise 2004-08-17T13:48:03-08:00 Taliban falling? What year is this? http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/08/taliban_falling.html Back to the Future for a second...today we learn that "The Taliban seems to be falling apart" in Afghanistan. But wait...I thought we defeated the Taliban almost three years ago? Wasn't that the Administration's claim? That they had defeated the... Terrorist War not a War on Terror timwise 2004-08-14T07:35:08-08:00 You know things are bad when your own toadies are starting to hate you http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/08/you_know_things.html Amazing. Only the U.S. could manage to piss off and alienate our own hand-picked boot-licking lackeys...and indeed, we have apparently done so in Iraq, as explained in this story from al-jazeera.... Terrorist War not a War on Terror timwise 2004-08-14T07:15:48-08:00 President AWOL http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/08/president_awol.html Here's a great column from Jeff St Clair over at Counterpunch, detailing all the sordid details of President Bush's military "service" (which is to say, how he went AWOL, pulled strings to avoid combat, scored barely above idiot on his... W is great (the hotel that is) timwise 2004-08-14T05:19:57-08:00 Articles About Tim Wise http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/08/articles_about_1.html Article about Wise debate with Dinesh D'Souza at SF State University, 1996 Teen Speak article on Wise, "Confronting Racism" University of Idaho article about Wise speech, 2004 Article in Boston University paper (2003) about Wise speech on Affirmative Action Article... Articles about Tim Wise timwise 2004-08-13T12:59:15-08:00 Speeches by Tim Wise http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/08/speeches_by_tim_1.html An MP3 of Tim Wise's 2003 speech at All Saints Church, Pasadena, CA October 2001 speech (real media) at University of New Mexico, on "Racial Scapegoating, Before and After 9/11" Real Audio debate on affirmative action with Tim Eyman, conservative... Speeches by Tim Wise timwise 2004-08-13T12:36:05-08:00 Links to Articles by Tim Wise http://lipmagazine.org/timwise/archives/2004/08/links_to_articl.html In response to several requests, and to make these easily findable from my blog, here are links to all of my articles online. Some of the pieces on ZNet are also found, in slightly different form in the Alternet archive.... Wise Articles 1994- timwise 2004-08-13T06:00:49-08:00