The Trumpies have demonized immigrants to the point where comparisons to Nazi Germany are all too real. That fomenting of hatred obscures the real need for a functional immigration policy that addresses America’s tradition as the land of opportunity, Here is my plan: 1. Felonize illegal em[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bill of Rights’
An Immigration Plan Based on American Opportunity
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 11th, 2018 - 9:55 am § in Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy
University of Michigan Censors Faculty For Free Speech on Palestine
UM to evaluate faculty duties to students after Israel letter controversy Kim Kozlowski, The Detroit News (Photo: University of Michigan) In the wake of controversies that have touched University of Michigan Jewish students, President Mark Schlissel published an open letter to the community on Wedn[...]
September 30th, 2018 - 12:36 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
Maybe Trump Needs a Lesson in History … America is not exceptional
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Why Did Vanderbilt Fire Dr. Eugene Gu?
This Vanderbilt surgical resident sued Trump and won. Now he’s out of a job. Based on reports in The Tennessean and MedPage Today. Eugene Gu was dropped after three years from his surgical residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Vanderbilt ended Gu’s residency, the five-ye[...]
September 6th, 2018 - 6:19 pm § in Donald Trump
ICE subpoenas N. Carolina voter records
Trump’s immigration police want North Carolina’s voting records. All of them. Not just those of individuals suspected of being non-citizens, but everybody’s. Why? Are we all illegal now? Read story here. Note: If you live in a Republican state, don’t expect your state officia[...]
Trumpism Under Putin
JULY 4: Russians say Putin, military power & unique spirit make them glorious nation Victory Day celebrations on the Red Square in Moscow © Moskva news agency Almost half of all Russians consider their country a great world power, naming the president, the military forces and the spirit of the [...]
June 28th, 2018 - 11:48 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
What if Girls Are Not so Good At Programming?
A UW instructor in comp sci recently got flamed on for raising the possibility that women are less good at math and comp sci. Stuart Reges’own Chair lashed out saying that such an idea violated the Dept’s commitment to training women. As a scientist and, hopefully as a rational human, [...]
June 18th, 2018 - 1:40 am § in Hypocrisy
Defending the rights to do business while Jewish.
Avi Ibrahim Balser FACEBOOK I believe in total freedom to do business with whomever you please. That should be no law demanding that your do business with people you don’t want to do business with. That would be cruel tyranny. Yes sometimes life is not freaking fair. Live with it. I will fig[...]
June 16th, 2018 - 8:56 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy
The Chinese Police State
Liu Xia “Ready to Die” Amid Renewed Calls for Release Since the death of imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo last July, the extra-legal house arrest his wife Liu Xia has endured since his award in 2010 has continued despite hopes for her release. Following months of delays, her friend [...]