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New Critique of Those Who Love to Criticize Academics

For those unfamiliar, the “Academic Bill of Rights” is designed to curtail free speech in American universities, particularly by professors involved in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. A new report by Free Exchange on Campus, a coalition of groups opposed to David Horowitz’s “Academic Bill of Rights” and similar measures, argues that the entire movement is built on false premises and is designed to attack higher education. The report, “Manufactured Controversy,” notes that legislative successes for this movement have been minimal, but that the effort still needs scrutiny. [From New Critique of Those Who Love to Criticize Academics]

GOP Supports Child Predators

I don’t know what else to say. So the Republicans have someone in the House chasing young boys. They cover-up. You think bad mistake, learn your lesson. Now it seems that John McCain doesn’t believe children should be taught to protect themselves or report predators. This means John McCain supports predators, doesn’t it? And to make it even better, Sarah Palin fired people who aggressively went after child molesters. So, either the GOP didn’t learn their lesson, or they support child molesters. Are they really trying to court soccer moms with the mantra “no child molester should be punished?” Election…

Call for Action: Majid Zamani – UPDATED

UPDATE:  Majid Zamani has been released and I have removed the links to the action website. Received from a friend: Dear Friends, It is now 140 days since a good friend of mine, Majid Zamani, has been imprisoned in the aftermath of the elections in Iran. He is not a known political figure and thus his case gets little attention, yet given that he has studied in the U.S. (University of Illinois and Columbia University), we hear he is under pressure to confess to things he has not done such as training for velvet revolution. A group of his friends…