In the wake of November’s historic election, at least one professor is discovering an impulse not widely acted upon in academia—the patriotic one.
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Plain Funny
Josiah Fisk has spent the past 11 years converting “business speech” into plain jargon.
Asia In Red Zone
For decades the world has known of the blatant violations of human rights by the Red Chinese and Vietnamese governments.
Ivory Tower Hero
William Ayers hasn’t given up railing against authority figures in the four decades following his time with the Weather Underground.
Teaching as a Martial Art
Inner city teachers have long talked of getting “combat pay” for teaching in troubled schools but now they are taking the military analogy to a whole new level.
The Weather Report
Two weeks after the elections, Weather Underground veteran Bill Ayers has taken to the lecture circuit
Special Ed for Journalists
If medical schools matched up with the practice of medicine in the way in which journalistic training preps reporters for careers in journalism, patients would be dropping like flies.
Youthful Election Postmortem
With two of every three young voters under 30 years old voting for Barack Obama, a great deal has been made of the 2008 youth vote in recent weeks.
Values Voters Betrayed?
Moderating, PBS’ Kim Lawton asked for clarity on the role faith and religion had played in the quest for the White House, what impact it had on voters and what the results may mean for the future of the role of faith in American politics.
Armchair Atheists
Americans who do not believe in God have decided it’s time to give President-elect Barack Obama his first memo: the Department of Defense ought not speak for God.