Rand Paul is a notorious flip-flopper. Dropping in polls, and facing an electorate rattled by growing international threats ranging from ISIS brutality to Putin’s aggressiveness, the isolationist politician is scrambling to retool his message into something more hawkish. But that could make hi[...]
Archive for April 8th, 2015
April 8th, 2015 - 9:18 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
A Photographic Response to Steven Salaita’s Claim that Antizionism is not Antisemitism
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April 8th, 2015 - 7:39 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
You Tube Video of Steve Salaita’s Talk at UW Kane Hall
Video of the talk by Steven Salaita at the University of Washington. Professor Salaita speaks about free speech, his own dismissal by the University of Illinois, and the rights of the Palestinians. For comment and background, READMORE ON TA.[...]
April 8th, 2015 - 1:13 am § in Misc.
Black Man Killed at Traffic Stop in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Mayor Says “When you’re wrong, you’re wrong.” Based in part on material from April 7, 2015, New York Times MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MATT APUZZO I really do not understand how anyone, including my sister and her husband, can choose to live in North Charleston, South Carolin[...]
April 8th, 2015 - 1:07 am § in Misc.
How Much of UW Tuition Goes to Admin?
“the total number of full-time faculty members … grew from 11,614 to 12,019 between 1975 and 2008, the total number of administrators grew from 3,800 to 12,183 — a 221 percent increase” While recently we have read a lot about the efforts of the state legislature to cap and redu[...]