Why might the Dewey Decimal system be the answer to a trivia question? At least some libraries are no longer using it. My university's library is in process of converting from the Dew Decimal system to the Library of Congress system of call numbers.
Apparently the Library of Congress system is much better than the Dewey Decimal system in organizing scientific writings. It also has another advantage. Have you ever looked for references just based on a Dewey Decimal number? Well the DD system apparently gives much different numbers to books, journals, and conference procedings on the same subject. The Library of Congress system allows for all three types of writings to be shelved together so long as they obviously cover the same subject.
Both medical doctors and senators are stereotypically arrogant and Frist's actions can only be explained by arrogance, stupidity, or both. The "blind" trust that held Frist's assets was hardly blind by any sense of the word. Frist should have sold off all his holdings when he first took office and then given his monies to an investment company to invest without telling Frist where the money was invested (a truly blind trust).
The Poliblogger thinks this Martha-Stewart-moment may have fatally damaged Frist's public image. While I greatly respect the Poliblogger's political expertise, I would classify him as a libertarian, not a social conservative. Thus I think he understates the case. This recent fiasco may harm Frist with the libertarian wing of the Republican Party. Frist was already dead-on-arrival with the social conservative wing.
Frist has been an ineffective Senate Majority leader, acting more like a Senate Minority leader than the head of a Republican Senate whose party has a majority in both houses plus the presidency. Frist has flipped on the embryonic stem-cell issue of great importance to his conservative core. He also showed his political inexperience in how he flipped.
There is no possible way I will vote for Senator Frist in the primaries should he continue with his plans to run for the presidency. I will actively campaign for his opposition. However, Senator Frist may have enough political experience by 2007 to see which way the winds are blowing and avoid running for president. If not, I predict Frist will not win the Republican primary.
This weekend I was too busy to watch any college football, but I also knew that the UT/LSU game had been postponed until Monday due to Hurricane Rita. As I missed Saturday's games I consoled myself that I could watch my team Monday night. It was a make or break game for the Vols after what I would call bad coaching cost them their previous game against the Florida Gators. That was clearly a game where a weaker team was better coached and defeated a stronger rival.
Last night I finished teaching, went home and gulped down a meal. Then my family and I went out to our house site and spoke with a contractor for while. We went home, put the kids to bed, and I was so exhausted I went to bed early. I completely forgot about the UT/LSU game and missed one of the most exciting comebacks in recent Volunteer history. I don't know which is more unbelievable – the comeback or the fact I forgot the game was on.
Tough situation for all involved. You don't want to kick people when they are down, but you certainly don't want to allow a sexual predator into your home either...
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