Americans who filed federal taxes got a $600 rebate this year. <a href=”http://www.slate.com/id/2192361/” target=”_blank”>As this article in Slate explains</a>, it is a spectacularly stupid idea; as most tax rebates are, it’s basically a form of bribery-by-borrowing. We filed in the U.S. but did not pay any taxes (Americans living abroad are required to file even …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Latest on TA Strike
I’m very pleased that both sides have reached agreement on a contract, though there are still ongoing talks about the back-to-work protocol.
Loggia, Year 2, Stage 1
Carrie planted a garden, or the closest thing to it, with flowers and herbs. <image src=”http://sterneworks.org/loggia1.jpg”> <image src=”http://sterneworks.org/loggia2.jpg”>
Good News, Bad News
The good news is that the blog is back up. Bad news is that the old template is gone. Guess I’ll be doing some web design later.
Well
that was an intense two weeks. A week of ICA stuff, then all the chair stuff I didn’t do during ICA. Now off to Minneapolis. See you sometime in June. As an extra special treat, I am going off email entirely while in Minneapolis.
Party Casualties
The last week of my life was consumed with the International Communication Association conference here and a variety of activities related to it. The climax of it all was a massive blowout party at our place on Saturday night. The guestlist was a little erratic. We missed a couple people we wanted to invite (especially …
Abortion Politics in Canada
My neighbor sent me a link to a petition, which I’m passing on to my Canadian readers: Stop Bill C-484. Called the “Unborn Victims of Crime Act,” it allows charges to be laid in certain cases where a fetus dies. While it’s expressed purpose is law-and-order politics, it also opens the legal door for anti-abortion …