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At this year’s Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention, two panelists diverged on whether new media aids or undermines the process of gay liberation.

Matt Miller repeatedly called himself a capitalist at a recent think-tank event, which he should understand the implications of, being an economist. However, he would have done better to argue that he is a capitalist who has converted to something else entirely.

According to Politico, the education sector as a whole, including higher ed and other K-12 programs, might receive as much as $140 billion from the stimulus bill, although the final text of the legislation has not been released.

The Brookings Institution presented a study of the accomplishments of the 110th Congress last Thursday, part of a project called “Mending the Broken Branch.”

At a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel on “Disability and Human Rights,” assistant Professor Rebecca Wanzo argued for a new gynecological justice and equated unequal access to “family planning” resources with the controversial practice of female genital mutilation.

Tony Blankley’s new book, American Grit, calls for a change. It is not the same change that is proposed by our new president, but it is change that he argues is necessary for the survival of our nation.

Continuing efforts from activists both for and against California’s Proposition 8 ensure that the issue will not be forgotten any time soon.

When critiquing modern religion, two English professors prefer to characterize faith as a blight on society.

A professor emerita at Stanford University, Marjorie Gabrielle Perloff dedicated the majority of her 20-minute speech to commenting on Barack Obama’s highly electable character and his autobiography.

With three semesters gone, the list of dubious academic achievements of 2008 is a long one but we will try to whittle it down.

In the light of John Podesta’s position as one of Barack Obama’s top three transition team leaders and the central role the Center for American Progress (CAP) is likely to have in molding the next administration’s policies, some might ask what this think-tank’s influential position will mean for the War on Terror.

One of the oddities of modern-day Catholic higher education, particularly in institutions run by Jesuit priests, is that Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues seems to be more ubiquitous on such campuses than Nativity scenes or Crucifixes.