Seymor Hirsch gave a frightening speech in Qatar Hersh claims that a large part of the US military are members of fundamentalist Christian organizations, including Opus Dei. He says that this includes generals as high as the top command and leaders of the special forces. In part this claim rests o[...]
Archive for January, 2011
January 25th, 2011 - 3:12 pm § in Religion
Knowledge NOT a Criterion in Faculty Searches?
The University of Kentucky has settled a lawsuit by a failed faculty applicant. The applicant, Martin Gaskell, for a position in Astronomy was turned down, supposedly because Dr. Gaskell is a professed Christian. Dr. Glaskell claims he is not a creationist and does accept the modern physical vie[...]
January 25th, 2011 - 3:17 am § in Uncategorized
When Ambition Collides With Intellectual Honesty
It’s okay to lie through your teeth when you’re running for public office, but not when you’re publishing historical research. Funny how that works, isn’t it? Maybe we should require politicians to be truthful and let academics get away with whoppers because nobody reads thei[...]
Republicans Destroying America as a Competitor
Robert Reich, from the Berkeley Blog. Here’s the real story. China has a national economic strategy designed to make it, and its people, the economic powerhouse of the future. They’re intent on learning as much as they can from us and then going beyond us (as they already are in solar and electr[...]
January 24th, 2011 - 10:39 am § in America
Talk Show Host Takes Over the Republican Party of Washington
The sad fate of the Republican Party now seems sealed, at least in WA state. Kirby Wilbur, a rabid right wing ideologue of the Beck/Limbaugh school, is now the head of the state committee. Hasn’t the time come for the remnant or rationality in the Republican party to call for something else?[...]
Senate Chair: Aprikyan was wronged.
Originally posted 17 Jan. Updated Jan 24 because of a comment that may interest others. Please read comments. Ed Note: This is copied from the UW Senate Blog. Unfortunately, and I suspect illegally, that blog is protected from public view. UW staff, however can access the blog directly[...]
January 24th, 2011 - 12:40 am § in Misc.
Kahn Academy, an alternative solution to higher ed?
From an essay by Tina Podlodowski at Crosscut. …..Ranking 48th among the 50 states in the percentage of our population enrolled in four-year schools at the undergraduate level deserves something extraordinary, wouldn’t we all agree? Ms. Podlodowski . a former Microsoft Exec and Seattle City [...]
January 23rd, 2011 - 10:20 pm § in Uncategorized
Shrinking Toward Privitization
Bill Lyne at the United Faculty of Washington State has an important fact to cite: “(in ) the open letter that University of California President Mark Yudof sent to all Californians on Monday was enough to knock us right on our smug flannel Starbucks asses. “This is a sad day for California,[...]