Here on The Ave, we use the term “Repugnant” to describe the racism, climate denial, bible thumping and self serving politics that have become the Republican party. However, Democrats can be Repugnant too. So, this ,might have been expected. Cornell West, a self serving man and on[...]
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June 13th, 2016 - 7:25 pm § in Misc.
A Post on TA breaks 700! Go figure
This old post from TA a year ago in April , seems to have gone viral …. I have no idea why, Is the interest turned on by homoerotic, racist or Trumpista thoughts about Michelle Obama? About her husband? My guess is that the links are generated by the Orlando massacre? Any thoughts are wel[...]
April 10th, 2016 - 4:17 am § in Misc.
Buchenwald 107: words from the nephew of a survivor
Joe Lockard FACEBOOK My uncle George was a forward artillery spotter in the 89th Division. He was an intensely intellectual man who spoke seven languages, including German, a couple European languages, and Arabic (the army at first sent him to Princeton to study the latter). When George was assign[...]
Supreme Court Justice claims human species is 5,000 years old
Thanks to the magic of politics, any lawyer with good connections can get on the Supreme Court, because Justices are appointed by politicians elected by (fill in blank). “Class of 2015, you should not leave Stone Ridge High School thinking that you face challenges that are at all, in any impor[...]
February 26th, 2016 - 12:13 am § in Misc.
Buchenwald 104: Denial of slavery, Syria and the Shoah
It is All to Easy to deny Responsibility The importance of my father’s story is not just about him, it is about resisting the effort to turn personal stories of horror into sterile history .. words in books that allow our descendants to deny their responsibility for what happened or take pr[...]
December 4th, 2015 - 11:59 pm § in Uncategorized
Ted Cruz’s college classmates don’t think much of him
As a Princeton student, Ted Cruz excelled on the competitive debating team. But he creeped people out, and former classmates have used words like “abrasive,” “intense,” “strident,” “crank,” and “arrogant” to describe him. His freshman roommate, Craig Mazin, says, [...]
Is The UW Really The Number 1 Public University in The World?
The Most Innovative Public University in the World Gerald Barnett Thomson Reuters named UW the “most innovative public university in the world.” A reader might think that the ranking methodology includes the number of startups, since UW’s press release includes the following: And in [...]
October 19th, 2015 - 11:09 am § in The Ave Scene
Letter to Kshama Sawant: “This is not what I joined Socialist Alternative for.”
Seattle city council member, Kshama Sawant is the most prominent socialist in the United States. That’s why what she does and what her group, Socialist Alternative does, matters for the entire socialist movement. We carry below an open letter from a member of Socialist Alternative. The letter c[...]
October 6th, 2015 - 8:38 am § in Misc.
When Did The Arabs Decide They Were “Palestinians”
“There is no such thing as Palestine in history, absolutely not.” — Arab Princeton Professor, Philip Hitti, before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in Jerusalem in 1946. “Far from being persecuted the Arabs have crowded into the country (Israel) and multiplied.” — Former British P[...]
Our Most Read Post is Racist and Homophobic
This ironic post from two years ago is the most read post on THE Ave. Why? Is Michelle Obama Transgender? [Editor’s Note: August 15, 2014: A google search revealed that Michelle was first outed (as a man) in a story posted on June 30, 2011 by Matthew Glosser at a web site called Christwire.o[...]