~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(The German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, and scientist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) is widely accepted as being one of the key figures in Western culture. His masterwork, Faust, has had an influence in many fields, notably drama and psychology.
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If everything is amazing, why is nobody happy? Consider the answers of two philosophical giants: Plato and Louis C.K matra cinct
“Whenever society starts to think about, what does gender mean, what does sexuality mean, she’s just one of the names that comes up, and people start thinking about her, and talking about her, and portraying her all over again.” NPR
While information is at the time a bit tentative, current reports are that “Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.”
Blurring facts, personal attacks reward GOP’s 2016 front-runners McClatchy
While information is at the time a bit tentative, current reports are that “Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.”
Blurring facts, personal attacks reward GOP’s 2016 front-runners McClatchy
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“I walked in, and there was a river of water,” Mr. Havrilak said. He ran over to the rear wall of the morgue, where most of the card catalog sits, and saw what he said looked like a waterfall. Assistant saves new york times archives from flood
The decision by trustees of the University of Illinois to revoke a tenured position offered to Steven Salaita evokes another, long-ago controversy. In 1940, a New York court revoked the appointment of Bertrand Russell to a faculty position at the College of the City of New York, in part because of Russell’s allegedly “immoral” writings. In both instances, the decision makers justified their actions by predicting harm to students if the appointees were allowed to take up their faculty positions. Because most observers today would probably disapprove of Russell’s “dehiring,” I use that event as a lens through which to view the revocation of Salaita’s appointment.
Everything Old Is New Again
Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Found Guilty of Three Counts of Hacking Motherboard. Resilc: “But never a banker.”
Note that this article was orginally posted on the Harvard Law
School Case Studies Blog. By Elizabeth Moroney
What do you get when you cross a brainstorming meeting with Reddit? The
Berkman Center for Internet & Society has taken the best of online forums
and crowdsourcing to offer a simple web tool for online or blended
discussion. The Berkman Question Tool is a free, open-source discussion
tool in which participants can respond anonymously, with a pseudonym, or by
name. It can be used for asynchronous online discussion or as a backchannel for
in-person discussions. Gene Koo, Fellow at the Berkman Center, said, “It’s an
effective way to keep feedback focused, direct speakers to audience interests,
and potentially prevent the mic from being hijacked by that weirdo.” Discussion
leaders can create their own “instance” with a short description that frames the
discussion. This frame can solicit questions or answers.
Clive James vowed not to reread Conrad. But he must, because no other writer so perceptively presaged our world of radicalism, terrorism, and idealism... Polish Slavs »
Social Media & the Politics of Collegiality: An Interview with Steven Salaita By Karrieann Soto Vega and Vani Kannan
The Journal‘s Speakeasy blog looks at the six contenders currently topping Ladbrokes’s list, five of whom have been mentioned for years and one – the current leader, as it happens – whose name will be unfamiliar to many of us Wall Street Journal
The strange case of the castrati. They were loved by men as well as women, were paid legendary sums, and were said to have secret powers... Cast Rat I »
