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Entries from April 23, 2006 - April 29, 2006

From Yale: Fighting The 'Gender Gap'

On Thursday, April 27, the Yale Daily News reported the ten Yale majors in which women are most underrepresented...

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Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 11:58PM by Registered Commenter- in | Comments2 Comments | EmailEmail

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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Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 11:00AM by Registered CommenterPeter Johnston in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail

From John Brown U.: 'My Influence Grows'

Last week a member of the U.S. House of Representatives visited my history class and allowed us free reign to question him on virtually anything--Iraq, oil prices, immigration, etc.

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Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 10:46AM by Registered CommenterPeter Johnston in | CommentsPost a Comment | References1 Reference | EmailEmail

From U. of Nevada: Teaching Hate

In the name of ‘critical analysis,’ we were taught to hate America.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 09:20AM by Registered CommenterPeter Johnston in | Comments6 Comments | EmailEmail

From Northwestern: A Blueprint for Victory in 2006

The prevailing conventional wisdom in Washington informs us that Republicans don’t stand a chance in the upcoming Congressional elections. It suggests that the country is mired in high oil prices, war, and is generally headed in the wrong direction. Poll after poll indicates that Americans are fed up with their leadership, slapping President Bush with record-low approval ratings—and ranking Congress even lower. This widespread exasperation, we’re told, will take its toll on the party in power, and there’s little that can be done to turn the tide.

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Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 11:43AM by Registered Commenter- in | Comments5 Comments | EmailEmail

Try to Picture It

For some reason, there are no revealing photographs that show exactly what the situation looked like in the streets of New Haven on Friday. The few photographs I can find are carefully balanced -- taken at the few places where anti-Communist protesters nearly matched the Commies in numbers. The following photo, from the Yale Daily News, is one of these. Unfortunately the news media have not done a good job (par for the course): they are uninterested in the state of the streets. As for myself, I was seeing red all day.

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Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 at 01:17PM by Registered Commenter- in | CommentsPost a Comment | References2 References | EmailEmail