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September 21st, 2011 - 10:06 pm § in America, Hypocrisy, Jews

A UW Graduate Writes About Howard, III. a response.

I disagree with you about the notion of “people of color.”  A response to the essay here by Amarilis Lugo de Fabritz. I think this term is NewSpeak,  in the Orwell tradition. “People of Color” The term is used by aggressive African Americans to claim a larger constituency t[...]

September 21st, 2011 - 6:29 pm § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Reprican Terrorists Threaten AGAIN to shut down the US Govt.

5:48 PM House Defeats Continuing Resolution To Fund Gov’t The House of Representatives has just defeated a continuing resolution to fund the federal government. The legislation was defeated 195-230. At issue in the bill is the GOP’s insistence that disaster aid be offset with spending cuts. [...]

September 21st, 2011 - 6:21 pm § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Death Watch in Georgia

Recent posts to live blog at HP: Today 8:23 PM Troy Davis’ Last Words @ thinkprogress : “May God have mercy on your souls. May God bless your souls.” — Troy Davis’ last words to his executioners Today 8:22 PM More From CNN CNN reports: Georgia inmate Troy Davis was exec[...]

September 21st, 2011 - 1:27 pm § in Misc.

Islamic Spring: a new democracy?

By John L. Esposito and John O. Voll Humanities, November/December 2001, Volume 22/Number 6 The relationship between Islam and democracy in the contemporary world is complex. The Muslim world is not ideologically monolithic. It presents a broad spectrum of perspectives ranging from the extremes of t[...]

September 21st, 2011 - 12:02 pm § in America, Politics

POLITICS: The Harvard Prof Surges Against the Tea Party Favorite

I am a big fan of the idea that university faculty can and should be  politically active.  One reason I voted for President Obama was his impressive academic record.  Less than a week ago. Harvard Law Profesor Elizabeth Warren launched her campaign for the democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in[...]

September 21st, 2011 - 11:27 am § in Misc., Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene, UW

UW: Johsel Namkung, founding photographer with roots in the UW’s scientific history.

The Gordon Woodside / John Braseth Gallery in South Lake Union has works by Johsel Namkung.   I highly recommend this show to anyone who loves the Northwest and the UW. Johsel Namkung is a renaissance man.  While never a member of our faculty, his amazing career is  a tribute to the role the UW [...]

September 21st, 2011 - 7:58 am § in Science

Scientific Hype: “Epi” Genetics

The epigenetics miracle? from Pharyngula Jerry Coyne is mildly incensed — once again, there’s a lot of recent hype about epigenetics, and he doesn’t believe it’s at all revolutionary. Well, I’ve written about epigenetics before, I think it’s an extremely important s[...]

September 21st, 2011 - 6:13 am § in America, Hypocrisy

BERKELEY BLOG

How to create more jobs by lowering wages: Texas and America Robert Reich, professor of public policy | 9/14/11 Perry and Romney can duke it out over who created the most jobs, but governors have as much influence over job growth in their states as roosters do over sunrises. States don’t have thei[...]