John Gerassi has apparently won the ire of a good number: http://clogic.eserver.org/4-2/monchinski.html http://www.democracynature.org/dn/vol9/gerassi_war.htm ...
... The distinction between "terrorists" and "freedom fighters" depends on whether you support the oppressors or oppose them. There is nothing unique about...
[My concern here is not with the choice to be a religious believer, which is entirely understandable in this era of anxiety and stress, but rather that...
A number of erroneous myths pervade the typical American's understanding of our history -- from our early educations and through the repeated assertions in our...
Hi Ed, Happy holidays. It has been my contention for years, that organized religion is nothing more than a means of parting the common man and his dollar. As...
There are still some decent people working on behalf of others, but one could see the beginning of the end when I was studying theology in the 1950s. Best, Ed...
... Ed, that end came long ago. It happens whenever a religion organizes. Read the story of Christmas in "A Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets." The...
David, there were soms positive elements back then -- supporting the civil rights movement and before that concerned with poverty, etc. Admittedly things got...
Our schools have such a control over the American people, but much of what is written in some of the textbooks is based on lies and propaganda, what does a...
I am a college teacher, so I am free to choose my textbooks and comment on any things that are false -- at least when tenured and not faced with threats from...
It's nice to meet you, and you probably wonder what I might be talking about? No you didn't say that you did, but I will give you some links to look at and I...
I think I have managed to ban the raging person (horst) from the several Yahoo lists where (she?) has posted angry and obscene subject headings. This...
... several Yahoo lists where (she?) has posted angry and obscene subject headings. (janie) Yes I got those and wondered about them I know neither you nor she....
... That 20% counts for a lot. But to say that "20% of Americans supposedly have to deal with depression at some point in their lives" understates the effect...
THEY ARE BUYING THE LEGISLATORS IN MY STATE HOW DO I STOP THEM? The Debate as I see it: Is this current epidemic of Mental Illness a "real" and "biological" ...
Subject: Something for Columbia to Consider Before Punishing Students Protesting Anti-Immigrant Speaker Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:52:12 -0500 [Columbia is...
[An email friend sent on the following grim report about U.S. soldiers deliberately killing civilians in Iraq. I checked the likely website, but found it...
... Before I say anything else, the story you attached is a hell of a story. Thanks. ... The question here is what kind of a "second chance" the military is ...
Folks, I'm sure you've received announcements about the Wolfe Institute Conference on Academic Freedom and the Internet; it promises to produce some very...
http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=2027 SPME CAMPUSCONSULTNET: UMASS-AMHERST STUDENT ASK FOR ADVICE FROM FACULTY WITH FACULTY RESPONSES By • Edward...
I think perhaps Daniel Pipes' Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) should be renamed OCFFCEASYFME, or Organization Committed to Filing False Charges ...
Would it make any sense to turn the tables on David Horowitz and isolate and expose and expell from the university any STUDENTS who were found to have ...
I don't know Norman Finkelstein personally. I gather that he is the child of Holocaust survivors, a critic of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, and an...
[I don't think we need worry over the long run, but the decline in American religion and takeovers of it by parties spouting regressive doctrines will remain...
... I think what he's saying is that (unlike most people, I should add) he cares a great deal about the health and happiness of complete strangers. He's also...
Some of the goings on in academia in the UK.....with reference to 'free speech' on campus --this one specifically looks at campus/student control of...
The Hollow Morality of Steven Weinberg --The Bigot and the Boycott By ROBERT JENSEN [Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at...
While skimming the UK Guardian the following letter from a former academician seemed a worthy letter to post/share w/ Academic Freedom group.... Miriam ...
I'm a little out-of-date, but the Minuteman Project is an interesting test case. College Republicans starting inviting groups to the campus that they knew...