from Huff Post: Med students are taught about everything from pathology to microbiology, but are they asked to learn enough about public health policy? Ed. Why should we take more time out of med school for more fluff? Med students are adults. Their education in social issues should have happe[...]
Posts Tagged ‘political correctness’
March 5th, 2011 - 10:27 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
PreMeds: A Different View
The chariot scene in the movie Ben Hur has all the trappings of mindless, driven competition .. just like premed? As an MD and an intellectual, I find the chariot race of pre med stultifying. Too many premeds, too few slots result in competitors who mindlessly do selfless things … whether that[...]
March 3rd, 2011 - 7:25 am § in Schools & Colleges
Free Speech Win in US Supreme Court 8:1
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount anti-gay protests outside military funerals, despite the pain they cause grieving families. Ed. This is a central ruling for those of us devoted to the Frirst Amendment. While[...]
January 25th, 2011 - 5:29 pm § in Uncategorized
Standards For Scientists and for Generals!
Seymor Hirsch gave a frightening speech in Qatar Hersh claims that a large part of the US military are members of fundamentalist Christian organizations, including Opus Dei. He says that this includes generals as high as the top command and leaders of the special forces. In part this claim rests o[...]
January 14th, 2011 - 9:56 am § in Uncategorized
Rhetoric Continues
Sarah Palin will speak on gun rights at the Safari Club International’s convention later this month in Reno, Nev. Rush Limbaugh on Obama’s “It was smart, it was articulate, it was oratorical. It was, it was all the things the educated, ruling class wants their members to be and sou[...]
January 7th, 2011 - 2:48 pm § in Uncategorized
Chronicle: Erasing the N-word
Erasing the N-Word in Huck Finn Erases History January 6, 2011, 10:36 pm By Marybeth Gasman In the past few days, the news and internet have been buzzing with talk of a new version of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Auburn University professor Alan Gribben’s new edition of the b[...]
December 30th, 2010 - 9:02 am § in Misc.
Historians Find Myriad Errors In Virginia History Textbooks
Among The Errors … That Many African-Americans Fought For The South During The Civil War … That The Confederacy Included 12 States … & That The U.S. Entered WWI In 1916 Why is this NOT surprising? Liberal and Conservatives all see t believe that their beliefs can be legislate[...]