David Brewster True, Samuel Huntington has fallen out of favor as a political scientist, but he seems to have foreseen the current retreat from cosmopolitan globalism pretty well. Here’s an appreciation of his final book dating to 2004. Summing up: “The point is not to kick international[...]
Archive for July, 2016
July 18th, 2016 - 6:27 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Brexit, Frexit,Uscit and we all fall down.
Former UW Prexy Young, Now Tops Pay for Presidents at a Public University.
Chiefs of 5 public colleges paid more than $1M The AP (story by COLLIN BINKLEY) is reporting that pay for presidents at state universities is continuing to climb at over 4% per year in defiance of the public outcry of the cost of higher education. Chiefs at 5 schools topped the $1 mill[...]
July 17th, 2016 - 11:07 pm § in The Ave Scene
Somebody should ask Pramila Jayapal: Why do you support Sawant?
TEN QUESTIONS FOR PRAMILA Sawant’s opposition to the Democrartic Party, Raises Questions Jayapla should answer. Kshama Sawant Showed Up at the DNC to Tell Bernie Sanders Supporters to Vote for Jill Stein. Sawant’s supporter, Pramila Jayapal is running for Congress. Pramila Jayapal [...]
July 17th, 2016 - 10:21 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Kasich: I do not have the authority to ban guns at the RNC
AFTER THREE COPS WERE GUNNED DOWN IN BATON ROUGE, OHIO’S COPS DEMAND THAT GUNS BE BANNED AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. GOVERNOR KASICH SAYS HE DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY. Maggi Broggel FACEBOOK I’m watching coverage on the police ambush in Baton Rouge. Very sad. The black man/ men[...]
July 17th, 2016 - 8:41 am § in Misc.
Academic Cowardice
PROFESSORS are at it again, demonstrating in public how little they understand the responsibilities and limits of their profession. By STANLEY FISH On Monday a group calling itself Historians Against Trump published an “Open Letter to the American People.” The purpose of the letter, the[...]
July 17th, 2016 - 4:01 am § in The Ave Scene
July 17: The Potlach Riots in Seattle
As Seattle Yacht Club celebrates its annual Potlach, perhaps our good citizens may want to remember the events of a century ago .. The Great Potlach Riots. One hundred years ago this week in downtown Seattle, a riot broke out that would dramatically alter the way the city saw itself politically. Com[...]
150th Anniversary of Death of Tesla (The Man Not the Car!)
WOMEN The female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be expanded; the average woman will be as well educated as the average man, and then better educated, for the dormant faculties of her brain will be [...]
July 16th, 2016 - 5:42 pm § in Misc.
SHOPPING WHILE BLACK
Video of a teen being punched and tasered by police at a shopping mall is quickly going viral and raising tough questions. The young woman is seen struggling with officers before being taken to the ground and tasered. But did police go too far? Or did she? A close look at the violent arrest – [...]