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Archive for October, 2018
October 21st, 2018 - 1:00 am § in Uncategorized
Freedom of speech is not an academic value.
Whether it is a department, a college, a dean, a provost, a learned-journal editor, it is the business of the university to silence voices, not to license them indifferently. Like everyone else these days, I’ve been reading and thinking about what’s happening on campuses when invited speakers ar[...]
October 21st, 2018 - 12:10 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: A Message From Another Era
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October 21st, 2018 - 12:01 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: When “Orthodox” Christians, the heirs of the antisemitic heritage of Constantine, define “antisemitism”
The Greek Church still considers the Jews as guilty of deicide. Metropolitan Seraphim wrote, “Orthodox people are not racists and not atheists. We feel sympathy for the Jews as for all other people. The Jewish people gave us the Old Testament righteous ones and patriarchs, the apostles, the firs[...]
October 20th, 2018 - 1:47 pm § in Donald Trump
Trump in 2030
(Not suitable for children or pets to watch)[...]
October 19th, 2018 - 5:34 pm § in Donald Trump
Welcome to Montana, Mr. President!
Missoula residents extend their greetings to the liar-in-chief. Read story here.[...]
October 18th, 2018 - 10:57 pm § in Uncategorized
Ads claim Democrats “will lynch blacks again” if they win
Arkansas Republicans are running radio ads targeting black voters which claim that Planned Parenthood was created “to exterminate black folks” and “white Democrats will be lynching black folk again” if a Democratic congressional candidate wins. His Republican opponent denounc[...]
October 18th, 2018 - 9:02 pm § in Donald Trump
New Trump outrage: Praising assault of reporter
“President Donald Trump praised Montana Republican Rep. Greg Gianforte for assaulting a reporter during his campaign last May, saying ‘any guy who can do a body slam … he’s my guy’ and made a gesture mimicking a body slam” at a campaign rally Thursday night in Mon[...]
October 18th, 2018 - 12:16 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Politics
Flag Fights en Suisse
The vice president of pro-immigrant organization Secondos Plus has infuriated far-right politicians and others in Switzerland with his “humorous” calls for a new Swiss flag, contributor Meritxell Mir reports. What started as a joke to provoke reflection on Swiss values has turned into a n[...]