For more on R.L. Boyce, check out this article I wrote for the CA last month.

I had never heard of such a thing. But they were doing it earlier tonight over at the Whining & Dining blog. Looks like a nice, affordable Chianti. I should keep better track of my fellow CA blogs, right!?

It has been, oh, about 20 years since Rhodes College hosted a radio station, but now Rhodes Radio has begun broadcasting via the ol' World Wide Web. Each of the presenters has been furnished with his or her own Web page, and many of those pages will host podcasts so you can listen to your favorite shows whenever you like. The programming schedule looks pretty diverse. The station is about to add a microwatt transmitter, and then will take to the FM airwaves. Check it out!

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It’s right here, courtesy of The Smoking Gun.

Memphis school board member Kenneth Whalum Jr. could never be accused of being too reserved. But in a story on today’s front page, he really spoke his mind about a Central Nutrition Center employee who has remained on the MCS payroll despite allegations that she misused district resources for her own personal benefit.

"This is nonsensical," Whalum said of the punishment handed down to Sheila Brown, who was given a 10-day suspension although a letter sent to her advised that her actions were cause for immediate termination. "Either it’s cause for immediate termination or it’s not, and if it’s not, then the words 'cause,' 'immediate' and 'termination' have new definitions that I wasn’t aware of."

Whalum hasn’t been successful yet in convincing his colleagues to bring back corporal punishment for city school students. However, if he feels that strongly about this case, maybe he ought to suggest corporal punishment for school district employees.