Swedish med students perform prof’s autopsy Medical students at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute (KI) set to perform their first-ever clinical autopsy were floored to discover that the corpse was none other than one of their former instructors. more here[...]
Posts Tagged ‘American Diversity’
December 6th, 2010 - 6:59 pm § in Christianity
My Birthday Falls on a A Catholic Festival Day:Jesus’s Bris!
Yes, it is true .. I am a New Year’s baby. It is a wonderful thing to celebrate my birth with 3 billion other humans! How many of them know WHY Jan. 1 is celebrated? In the Catholic Calendar of Saints this is the feast of the holy circumcision! Well it was on the calendar […][...]
December 4th, 2010 - 11:25 am § in Schools & Colleges
Condoleezza Rice: Are the Dreams of American Education Coming to an End?
Condoleezza Rice on what is happening to education in the US: “Today, I’m concerned about this [inequality] when I can look at the zip code and tell whether or not you’re going to get a good education. This is terrifying,” ……“As an educator, it’s the lost potential, as a R[...]
Tuition Riots in England
This post began with a link to video of riots in England because the conservative government is raising tuition to near American levels. What I fear is that England is moving backward and we are moving forward, both toward the pre WWII system of Victorian England! “Thomas Jefferson was the pri[...]
November 6th, 2010 - 10:26 pm § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Huge New Whale at Children’s, Work of Marvin Oliver
Marvin Oliver has a new show at Stonington Gallery. Marvin is one the UW’s world class artists and a leader in the tradition of Northwest Coastal Art originating in the Washington State’s Lopez Island under Bill Holm, now UW Professor Emeritus, and Mungo Martin, perhaps the greatest of[...]
“Kimilsungia and the World”
A new book published in Korea, DPRK, shows the importance of free speech. The book deals with the background against which the flower of the sun carrying the august name of a peerlessly great man came into being for the first time in human history and the fact that the immortal flower is now in [&[...]
Glenn Beck’s Profanity
As a very patriotic American I take personal offense at the rally Glen Beck is leading this Saturday at a truly hallowed place, the Lincoln Memorial. Worse, this is the anniversary of the I have a Dream Speech. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME A petition to express outrage. Is this where America is going?[...]
August 13th, 2010 - 9:42 am § in Uncategorized
Call Me a Negri
Recently “Dr. Laura” got herself into great trouble by using the “N” word. I really dislike Dr. Laura, in part because she shows a side of Judaism that comes frighteningly close to the arrogance I associate with the worst of Christianity and Islam . Would her words have evoke[...]
July 26th, 2010 - 11:23 am § in Politics
Entanglement of Church and State.
Kenneth Howell, a lecturer at the University of Illinois was fired for sending email to his class saying that “Homosexual Acts Are Morally Wrong’. The UI Faculty is protesting this but the story gets more complex because it now appears that Howell was chosen for his job AND PAID FOR HIS [...]
July 4th, 2010 - 11:07 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
NIKE .. Expelled from Wisconsin and Cornell.
July 2, 2010 Following University of Wisconsin’s lead, Cornell is poised to sever its contract with Nike if labor dispute isn’t resolved. Can anyone explain how it is plausible for Dr. Wise to claim she is NOT in conflict over this issue?[...]