decisions

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Dell is planning on selling its factories in order to cut costs. While the article points out that some of those facilities are located in Nashville, it also adds:

(On the heat out at practice)

Not hot enough. I believe the forecasts indicate that kickoff [Sunday] will be right about what the temperature was today. But it was good to get back into it because we had a break the past couple weeks. We'll watch it and maybe adjust the next couple days but today was a good day.

Philosoraptor nails it:

No need to evacuate though. Nagin handled it just fine last time. I’m sure he’s got everything under control. Don’t make any decisions or make any moves yourselves until you hear from government.

Author Lois Cheney tells a story about a man who clung to the railing of his life. It goes like this:

Sam Davidson encourages you to get involved in politics on the local level:

I’m posting all of this because it’s that good. It’s important to know more than just the color of Hillary Clinton’s suit last night and how Joe Biden rolled up his sleeves.

I read a fascinating book by Alfie Kohn last week, which included an essay titled, Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!” and it definitely made me think critically about how and why we praise kids.

Rob Huddleston, always one to see the brighter side of Democratic decisions, says the party has made a major mistake adding Joe Biden to the ticket:

McCain explains himself after coming under fire for attack Barack Obama’s patriotism: