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[...]
Archive for September, 2011
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
September 20th, 2011 - 9:10 am § in Politics
FREE SPEECH: Censorship to topple Aljazeera?
The Guardian: Al-Jazeera boss Wadah Khanfar steps down to be replaced by Qatari royal TV channel head quits after revolutionising Middle East broadcasting for past eight years, especially during Arab Spring Wadah Khanfar, director general of the al-Jazeera network Qatar‘s government has replac[...]
September 20th, 2011 - 8:27 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
UW: The Early Entrance Program Begets a Great Pianist
from PANDORA: Pianist Aaron Parks is a forward-thinking jazz musician who came to the public’s attention during his time with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Born in Seattle, WA, Parks began playing piano at a young age and by the time he was 14 had enrolled in an early entrance degree program at[...]