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Communism is the Opiate of the Masses

This ruling (Don’t Reincarnate Without Permission) really has to be one of the stupidest things I’ve heard. Communism seems to have made the communist leadership a little daft. Marx was close, but wrong. Anything that imbues people with a sense of power can be turned into an opiate for the masses. Technorati Tags: Buddhism, China, communism, reincarnation

The Cost of War

Haroon links to some goodness on Afghanistan. The Atlantic has an email from Afghanistan. Nick Kristof on building schools. The New Yorker on the individual cost of war for an Iraqi veteran. The New Yorker also had a moving photoessay on the cost of war. The photo below is from the series. It’s same photo Colin Powell mentioned in his Obama endorsement.

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]