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From U. of Chicago: The MySpace Effect
I would like to make a bold prediction: The advent of MySpace, facebook and other social networking sites is going to push the American political scene to the right in about 20-30 years.
With the rapid development over the past 15 years of internet technology, the traditional privacy of life has eroded just as quickly. Photo albums are obsolete; pictures are now kept on hard drives, ready to be instantly copied and emailed to friends and families or posted online. Home movies no longer require bulky equipment, but can be taken with a cell phone and shared with millions within minutes.
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From U of Chicago: It's The Media
From The Maroon: Media, not economy, to blame for negative perceptions
Unfortunately, the most insightful part of this piece is the headline. However, it does make a very good point, and one I think many people on both sides of the aisle overlook. In addition to the job market, a plethora of other economic indicators (stock markets, interest rates, GDP, etc.) reflect the strength of our economy. If only Senators spent less time dealing with what people think, and more time with the way things actually are. Curse you 17th Amendment!
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From U. Of Chicago: Coca-Cola Comment
By Maynard Hutchins
Some good news from my campus: a reasonable, thoughful article in the Maroon dealing with the human rights allegations against the makers of my (non-alcoholic) beverage of choice, Coca-Cola. It's good to see that some of us out there still believe in the American mantra, 'Innocent until proven guilty.' Or in this case, 'Innocent because proven innocent several times over.'
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Editor's Note: Coca Cola could in fact be called a noble company: When in 1967 the Arab League announced a boycott on all companies that did business with Israel, Coca Cola steadfastly continued to sell to Israel and risked a considerable amount of money, whereas Pepsi pulled out.
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From U. of Chicago: Entitlement to the Wealth of Others
I utterly fail to comprehend how NOT taxing American citizens could in any way be construed as unjust or a deprivation. But then I realized that the author is not only certifiably insane; she is simply stupid.
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From U. of Chicago: Deviation
These are supposedly serious academics, surrounded by great books and great professors. And yet, among all things, they've failed to learn or comprehend the mystery of human sexuality and the sanctity of the human body.
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A Letter from Mr. Jefferson
The present desire of America is to produce rapid population by as great importations of foreigners as possible. But is this founded in good policy?
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From U. Of Chicago: Iran and the Bomb
On Tuesday night at The University of Chicago, the student group Chicago Friends of Israel (CFI) hosted an event titled, “Iran and the Bomb: Stability vs. Sovereignty.” The speakers included prominent conservative columnist Mark Steyn, AEI fellow Michael Ledeen, and Washington Institute visiting fellow Mehdi Khalaji.
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From U. of Chicago: Campus Profile
At the University of Chicago the spirit of the liberal education has lead to quite an altered relationship. Here too one will find the typical political ranting, though mostly among first years eager to become active in campus discussion. Learning how to a read a book, particularly The Great Books, has a way of tempering and informing one’s opinions though; it forces you to see the limits of your own knowledge. The result is that the liberalism here, though misguided, at least attempts to make an educated defense of its position. More importantly, though, for such an academically high-caliber school, Chicago has a much stronger conservative presence. And though we do have the College Republican sorts, we also have conservatives who can quote Burke and Oakeshott – not to mention Bloom and Strauss.