Leiter Reports: The Horowitz Attack on Academic Freedom Arrives in Ohio
Leiter Reports: The Horowitz Attack on Academic Freedom Arrives in Ohio The Horowitz Attack on Academic Freedom Arrives in Ohio The bill introduced in the state legislature is here. (Thanks to Joshua Smith for the pointer.) As one news story (for which I could not locate a URL) stated, the bill would regulate what professors […]
Read MoreYahoo! News – Top Stories Photos – AP
Yahoo! News – Top Stories Photos – AP: Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Due, right, a U.S. Army recruiter, is surrounded by protesters at Seattle Central Community College, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Seattle. After about a 10-minute standoff during which protesters tore up U.S Army literature, the protesters were successful in getting Due and another […]
Read MoreYahoo! News – Top Stories Photos – AP
Yahoo! News – Top Stories Photos – AP: Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Due, right, a U.S. Army recruiter, is surrounded by protesters at Seattle Central Community College, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Seattle. After about a 10-minute standoff during which protesters tore up U.S Army literature, the protesters were successful in getting Due and another […]
Read MoreYahoo! News – Top Stories Photos – AP
Yahoo! News – Top Stories Photos – AP: Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Due, right, a U.S. Army recruiter, is surrounded by protesters at Seattle Central Community College, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Seattle. After about a 10-minute standoff during which protesters tore up U.S Army literature, the protesters were successful in getting Due and another […]
Read Moredavid held article on democracy
Prospect – article_details: To be concerned today with the Enlightenment ideals of freedom, democracy and reason, one needs to think about their entrenchment in an era in which political communities and states matter, but not solely and exclusively. States are hugely important vehicles for aiding the delivery of effective public regulation, equality and social justice, […]
Read MoreRecapturing Kansas — In These Times
Recapturing Kansas — In These Times: What I mean by that term is populist conservatism. It’s this angry right-wing sensibility that speaks inâ€â€or pretends to speak inâ€â€the voice of the working class. It got its start, more or less, in 1968, with the candidacy of George Wallace. The issues that the Backlash has embraced have […]
Read MoreWeapon inspectors fly out of Iraq
Weapon inspectors fly out of Iraq: It seems the US has finally accepted what everybody already knew: Sadam didn’t have any weapons of massive destruction or was trying to make them when the country was invaded. The US inspectors sent to the country to verify… —– imagine that… no wmd….. is this surprising?
Read MoreA humanist future: Now that God is dead: printer friendly version
A humanist future: Now that God is dead: printer friendly version: God is dead. Even the confident religions know this. When their god was overwhelmingly alive he did not permit them to mingle with the followers of other gods: Now they come together to increase the volume of their protests against the noisy indifference of […]
Read MoreA Letter to “Dear Abby”
A Letter to “Dear Abby”: This bit of hilarity came in from the inbox. Enjoy! DEAR ABBY,My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit card bills. At the end of the month, if I try to pay them off,… —– heh heh heh, were it not a good description, […]
Read MoreA Letter to "Dear Abby"
A Letter to “Dear Abby”: This bit of hilarity came in from the inbox. Enjoy! DEAR ABBY,My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit card bills. At the end of the month, if I try to pay them off,… —– heh heh heh, were it not a good description, […]
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