http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/2008/01/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:28:24 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/links-o-the-week-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/links-o-the-week-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/links-o-the-week-1.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:28:24 -0800 Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other people make $25,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while other people get $250,000? Answer here, in a piece called "Why People believe Weird Things About Money." The School of Education... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/links-o-the-week-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398d579110004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photos money education congress david simon http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/perk-is-not-a-beast.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/perk-is-not-a-beast.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/perk-is-not-a-beast.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:12:24 -0800 “Rebounds equal rings” goes the famous Pat Riley quote. And, in this correspondent’s humble opinion, Riles is right. Not only do rebounds equal rings, they also equal wins. Basketball is, ultimately, a game of possessions. A team tries to scor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/perk-is-not-a-beast.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398d569cb0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> boston celtics http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/heist.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/heist.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/heist.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:31:27 -0800 Re-watched one of my favorite movies today: Heist, written and directed by the incomparable David Mamet. I've blogged before about some of my favorite Mamet lines. Here are three of my favorites from Heist: "Plan a good enough get away and you ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/heist.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398d2066c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> david mamet heist http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/andrew-olmstead.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/andrew-olmstead.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/andrew-olmstead.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:21:29 -0800 Major Andrew Olmstead died from small-arms fire during an ambush in Iraq on 1/3/08. Major Olmstead had a friend posthumously publish his final blog entry (which I learned about courtesy of Paul Rieckhoff). Here is part of the entry: What I don'... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/andrew-olmstead.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398cfb05c0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> war iraq andrew olmstead