China Seeks Legally Binding Climate Pact, Gabe Joselow | Durban, South Africa, VOA “The United States, which is the second-largest polluter behind China, is opposed to legally binding mandates to cut emissions, and has said the current emission reduction targets do not need to be reconsidered [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Universities On Sale, Academic Principles Put Aside
Saudi Arabia Courts Foreign Academic Partners With Cash Professors see potential for research and pioneering ventures; critics warn that the kingdom should carry out internal reforms first The Chronicle This issue has bothered me for many years. The UW has also participated in building campuses in[...]
December 6th, 2011 - 8:31 am § in Misc.
Breaking News: Putin Protests Put Down in Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of police and Interior Ministry troops patrolled central Moscow on Tuesday, an apparent attempt to deter any further protests a day after a rally against vote fraud and corruption caught Russian authorities by surprise. Readmore[...]
December 5th, 2011 - 10:05 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Does the Seattle Times advocate blackmail?
Editorial in Times Lawmakers must protect education, ask for voter approval to save other programs SEN. Ed Murray has it right — that any ballot question asking voters to approve tax increases has to follow legislative action that fills the $2 billion shortfall. Otherwise, the Senate[...]
Why Politicians Should Be More Like Professors
By David D. Perlmutter at the Chronicle of Higher Education As a professor of political communication, I find it fascinating that one of the most common negative criticisms of President Barack Obama by pundits and politicians is that he is too “professorial.” Personal tone and style have[...]
Evangelism Spoils the Sweet Milk of the Sacred Cow
A sacred cow of American politics is that freedom of religion is not the same as freedom from religion. The view from India, a land with a far greater history of religious tolerance than our own, is very different. Excerpted from an essay by Suhag A. Shukla, Esq. Co-Founder/Managing Director, Hind[...]
Sunday Revelations: Kill all the Jews
Muslim Brotherhood rally vows to ‘kill all Jews’ By OREN KESSLER Jerusalem Post Organizers at Cairo’s iconic al-Azhar Mosque warn against “Judaization of Jerusalem.” A Muslim Brotherhood rally in Cairo on Friday at the Sunni world’s most prestigious center of lear[...]
December 4th, 2011 - 11:22 pm § in Misc.
HUMOR: What I just found on eBAY! A Christmas Gift!
Wow … a horn from a classic boat! I LOVE Hatteras boats … did not know they used this kind of horn though! Looks like this thing blow without electricity too![...]
December 4th, 2011 - 10:24 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Could Russia be having an early “arab spring” of its own????????????
Putin’s party losing support in parliamentary vote from The HIndu Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia’s parliamentary election, results showed on Monday. Rival parties and election monitors said even a result of around 50 per cent was inflate[...]
Cambridge Univ. Press.: Pay to read articles just like renting movies!
By Jennifer Howard Chronicle of Higher Education, November 30, 2011, read at permalink. Will researchers pay for short-term access to journal articles? Cambridge University Press is about to find out. The publisher has just announced a rental program for articles from the more than 280 peer-reviewed[...]