The Last Thrill?
I just finished reading John Grisham’s The Last Juror. It is a great and easy read, the biographical sketch of a man’s life in a small Mississippi town as the publisher of the town’s...
Ken Is Speaking Blog
2006 by the numbers
10,155 or 10,240 students voted. Just 9,647 students voted for President, while 9,591 voted for Treasurer (excluding write-in votes). This 600-700 vote gap is the highest number of non-voters for the executive ticket in...
Swamped!
Proving their mettle for the second Spring election in a row, SHO/Honors kids have delivered a strong victory for the Swamp Party (55%-44%) and an unexpectedly strong performance by Susan Henriques for Treasurer (23%)....
The Case Against Online Voting
Every time it has been attempted, computerized voting has caused many of the problems that Joel Howell, myself, and others predicted back in the Summer of 2001, when the debate over online voting first...
Prediction Time!
While I won’t make a futile public endorsement, I will make predictions. Those are more fun! President/Vice President – Too Close to Call I think either Swamp or Unite will win a close victory,...
Dude, You Should Vote For…
Like I’m going to tell you that. The information from which I’ve been blogging the SG elections has been largely one-sided. Moreover, I’m an alum. While I have written books and customized election games...
Pandora’s Radio Station
For those of you tired of iTunes, you should check out Pandora, an Internet radio station that purports to use the “genes” of individual songs to deliver you music that you like, not just...
Refight the Spring 2000 Election
For many of us alumni, the Spring 2000 election was both a major turning point and a very exciting, divisive, and long-lasting election. Now, you can re-fight that election, using my Prime Minister Forever...