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		<title>It&#8217;s the economy, stupid</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1728</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the economy, stupid. Although the #bcliberals are terrible economic managers, #bcndp silence on economy concedes issue to opponents. — Colin W. (@grapemanca) May 15, 2013 Probably the only positive outcome after the stunning BC election of May 14 was a petty sense of “I told you so”. Though I had predicted (like most people) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate support for BC Liberals is not equivalent to union support for BC NDP</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1700</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sore point for supporters of the right-wing BC Liberals is that their party seems so financially beholden to corporations. An immediate retort is that the NDP is equally beholden to unions. The NDP, in other words, is just as bad, so let’s move on.  The problem with this response is that, in British Columbia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 8 can be fixed (and made better than Windows 7) for a mere $10</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1655</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Experiences]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Good, Bad, & Stupid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier post, I discussed my initial skepticism regarding Windows 8, but I decided to reserve judgment until I had a reasonable amount of time to play with the much-maligned new operating system. So, after five months, I’ve come to this general conclusion: the “under the hood” changes are excellent, but the default user [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of Cormac McCarthy&#8217;s The Road</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1646</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a rather equivocal opinion of  The Road. On one hand, it&#8217;s a beautifully phrased novel, full of powerful images and rich language. On the other hand, the plot is rather pedestrian, and the author&#8217;s defiance of writing conventions is tiresome. There&#8217;s no doubt that McCarthy is a gifted writer. Many passages are profoundly beautiful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on a 21st Century School</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1587</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BC Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[In A Philosophical Mood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the opportunity to spend a day at Thomas Haney Secondary School in Maple Ridge, BC. The school is known for its commitment to flexible, individualized, learn-at-your-own-pace education, and is touted by many as an exemplar of progressive pedagogy. As a teacher cautiously interested in the phenomenon of “21st century learning”, but also a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Hope High School Won&#8217;t Be Your &#8220;Glory Days&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1554</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After another day of classes, and another round of adolescent glowering and truculence, I am reminded of Springsteen&#8217;s classic, &#8220;Glory Days&#8221;. Nobody said it so well: let&#8217;s hope your years in high school won&#8217;t be your glory days. If they are, then the rest of your life will be a big disappointment! One of the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Windows 8&#8230; Somewhat</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1540</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The inner geek in me couldn’t resist. For $40, I had to try the upgrade of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 8, on my desktop computer. I’m not unhappy with Windows 7 – it’s a very solid OS – but I wanted to try something new, and see for myself what has become a virtual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presumptuousness in Education</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1525</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a comment I made today on Scott McLeod’s progressive education blog, Dangerously Irrelevant. My response is to his question, “When will we view educators that opt out of the use of social media for professional learning as an aberration rather than the norm?” ______ As someone who embraces many social media technologies but who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Port Mann Mess</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1507</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pete McMartin has offered another masterfully lopsided argument! It would be hypocritical of us &#8220;southsiders&#8221; to complain about the Port Mann toll if we had asked for a toll bridge earlier. But we hadn&#8217;t. We wanted the same deal everyone else was receiving, including the drivers of the new Sea-to-Sky highway, Pitt River bridge and Park [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Stockman on Crony Capitalism</title>
		<link>http://lexiconic.net/wheatfromthechaff/archives/1497</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Welch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle age]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone knows about “crony capitalism”, it’s David Stockman. Stockman was a Republican stalwart and budget director for Ronald Reagan who helped shape Reagan’s failed campaign of supply-side (or trickle-down) economics. In the following interview with Bill Moyers, Stockman discusses the fundamental corruption of the American politico-economic system. His assumptions are still quintessentially capitalist, but [...]]]></description>
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