On the afternoon of January 27, 2009, members of the George Washington College Republicans found Christian crosses strewn about and defaced with a variety of goodies, such as condoms, antagonizing words, and phallic symbols. The crosses were haphazardly appended to none other than the College Democrats’ bulletin board. The two political groups share the same...
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Power Party Shift.
A very interesting discussion about the possibility of libertarians slowly shifting towards the moderate wings of the Democratic Party. Here’s the original piece written by Ross Douthat. I find the idea of libertarians supporting Democratic candidates in certain situations as somewhat plausible, but an entire shift of a whole political demographic seems unlikely. If we...
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Academic Freedom Revisited
What is academic freedom? Liberals and conservatives have sparred over the meaning of the term seemingly for years. Prof. Stanley Fish of Florida International University put in his two cents in his NYTimes blog today. Fish writes in reaction to a University of Ottawa physics professor who last semester gave all students in his course...
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Israeli Elections
This week’s Economist leader argues that President Obama should take a tougher stance on supporting a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After the results of last week’s Israeli elections, in which Kadima (Livni) only got one more seat than Likud (Netanyahu), it may still take weeks for Israel to build a coalition government. In...
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Permission to Speak Freely?
Note: This article was published two issues ago before our blog was up and running. I’ve reposted it here in response to a previous posting about the reintroduction of the Fairness doctrine Besides the opiates “change” and “hope” another buzzword of our day is “diversity.” While diversity is usually associated with race, religion, gender or...
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Ithaca’s Hinchey Tries to Reinstate “Fairness”
Ithaca’s (in)famous congressman Maurice Hinchey (D) has joined the ranks of Democrats who are setting their sights on restricting right-wing talk radio. Hinchey said that he is in favor of reviving the “Fairness Doctrine,” which would require TV and radio outlets to give equal time to conservatives and liberals in their coverage of public affairs....
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Cornell alum in trouble?
Cornell alum, original editor-in-chief of Cornell Review, and long time far-right icon Ann Coulter is now in trouble for possibly violating voting laws by voting in Connecticut while living in New York. The situation was exposed by both coulterwatch.com‘s Daniel Borchers and webofdeception.com‘s private investigator Joe Culligan. What seems interesting though, is the case of...
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Stimulus Aid Won’t Be on the Way
The now (in)famous compromise that might lead to the stimulus package’s approval eliminated billions of dollars in aid money for higher education. Inside Higher Ed reported that funds for modernization and physical improvements on college campuses are all but gone. Tens of billions of dollars orignially designated to increase Pell Grants for students and biomedical...
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The Meaning of Conservatism.
Andrew Sullivan discusses the meaning of conservatism in this article. In short, he believes that the conservative temperament has been and should continue to be defined by super-pragmatism as well as a long term preference for expanding individual liberties and limiting the role of government. (Link found on MR). I agree entirely with his definition...
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It’s Not So Stimulating After All…
The Congressional Budget Office says Obama’s stimulus package will do more harm than good over the long-term, reports the Washington Times. Note that the CBO says that “so much government debt [would accumulate] that within a few years they would crowd out private investment, actually leading to a lower Gross Domestic Product over the next...