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Month: December, 2006

tagged

Señor Moderantor, over at Rant Your Head Off, has tagged me… which, from what I understand means I’m supposed to come up with five things most people wouldn’t know about me. Even though this is the blog version of a chain letter, I’ll play along because I’ve enjoyed reading the “tagged” entries over at some [...]

Flores Mosqueto

Flores Mosqueto, en Santiago de Chile.

Gender Discrimination in the U.S. Death Penalty System

printer-friendly html printer-friendly pdf Phillip Barron Originally published in the Radical Philosophy Review, Volume Three, Number One (2000) (pp. 89-96) Abstract: Although the demographics on male versus female death-row prisoners suggest that males are the criminal justice system’s primary targets, I argue that the system also discriminates against women. Utilizing contemporary feminist theories of gender, [...]

new category — published works

In an effort to better organize my site, I’ve created a new category of posts — published works. Posts in this category will be links to other websites or, when I have permission, reproductions of texts that I’ve published elsewhere.

cycleart — bike themed art show

Heck Yeah Coffee and Arleigh (of arsbars) are sponsoring a bike themed art show in Charlotte. Submissions due January 12th — contact Arleigh for more info. Nice to see another bike themed art show. The Altered Esthetics show this summer was a great success.

Stewaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy or more committed volunteer. Congratulations Stewart. http://www.newsobserver.com/166/story/519942.html Tar Heel of the Week: Trail advocate isn’t content to coast Joe Miller, Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL – Stewart Bryan loves riding his mountain bike. That’s why he spent two hours on the phone Monday pricing trail-building tools, three hours Tuesday [...]

weekend cycling and duke cycling

Two more new local bike blogs to let you know about. The first is put together by high school student Nick Drago. Check it out; it’s called weekend cycling. It’s mostly a collection of photographs and stories from rides — solo and with friends. In addition to cycling, he’s a skilled web-designer — his site [...]

dumptruck vs. bike

Construction truck hits grad student Mingyang Liu The Duke Chronicle Posted: 12/11/06 A graduate student in the political science department was taken to the Duke Emergency Department after a construction truck hit him and ran over his bicycle just before 1 p.m. Tuesday. “He was trapped for a short period of time and Emergency Medical [...]

Raleigh Rides

I want to let y’all know about a new local bike blog. Jennifer Lewis has put together Raleigh Rides; a site organizing social rides just down the road in Raleigh. Straight from the site… The Raleigh Routes Adventure is intended to be both part fun and part advocacy. If you would like to join in [...]

The Outspokin’ Cyclist: Durham roads may get even better for bicyclists

Phillip Barron The Herald Sun If a sport is defined by the rules that compose a game, then I don’t think of cycling as a sport. Sure, there are sporting events that are based on riding bicycles, from homegrown mountain bike races on the Cane Creek circuit to the NORBA Nationals and even the Olympics. [...]