Once again, after a protracted break, the Dowbrigade is back in the
classroom on a daily basis. For the next twelve weeks we will be working
with a group of 16 foreign business students, representing nine different
[...]
Wonder of wonders, handwriting is making a comeback. After twenty
years of neglect, and flying in the face of technologically advanced
alternate data recording methodologies, the art of writing legibly is
back in vogue, [...]
It
is always gratifying when one of our ridiculous rants is immediately
ratified by an unrelated local news story. It was just yesterday that
we (the Dowbrigade
[...]
The
US government is doing its best to drive the Dowbrigade back into international
exile. In addition
to dismaying us with Orwellian distortions of reality and scaring the
[...]
It
is not only at the university level that foreign students are an endangered
species in the United States these days. That time-honored stable of
the 60’s and 70’s, the foreign exchange student, is [...]
Since 9/11, recruiting the raw material on which the
Dowbrigade’s day job depends has become increasingly difficult. We are
talking about foreigners who come to this country to participate in and
contribute to [...]
It is clear that American culture has
become so litigious that our court system and the medical profession
are in
danger of paralysis due to superfluous lawsuits. For a reminder [...]
A
scary insight into the level on which our fighting men and woment are
trying to overcome the language and culture gap on the ground in Iraq.
Most of these brave American boys and [...]
Springfield, Mass (Dowbrigade News) An enraged driver at
the Massachusetts State Fair today crashed his monster truck into the
Demolition Derby Bumper Car ride about half a mile from the Monster Truck
pit.
Leroy Fenstermeister, [...]
Yesterday Dave Winer mentioned in passing an idea which
we have been thinking about more and more lately. He
wrote, "I want
Internet access to become ubiquitous and [...]