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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Think
Psychoanalysis enables us to point to some trace or other of a homosexual object-choice in everyone. … It can be traced back to the constitutional bisexuality of all human …
From Beautiful Nudibranchs to Coral Graveyards
For almost three decades I’ve been studying nudibranchs in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. Nudibranchs are beautiful and brightly colored sea slugs that thrive on healthy coral reefs. …
Shouts Banish Doubts
New research suggests one reason our political discourse is so loud and angry: Planting seeds of doubt leads people to more vigorously advocate for their cherished beliefs.
Corporate Charters Get the Cash: Philadelphia Charter School Battle Casts Nationwide Shadow
Nationally noted activist/educator Dr. Walter D. Palmer, founder of an innovative charter school in Philadelphia, is in a historic battle with Philadelphia School District officials which could impact charters …
Heroes for the Beaten, Foreclosed on, Imprisoned Masses
Staughton Lynd could have built an enviable career as an academic but for his conscience. His conscience led him as a young undergraduate disgusted by the elitism around him …
Another Outrage: Pushing Back Social Security Benefits
In France, millions march against the Sarkozy plan to push the age of eligibility for full retirement benefits from 65 to 67. “We can no longer afford” to pay …
Boo! Halloween for Democrats Comes Early With Spooky Poll Numbers
With Halloween approaching, it’s not goblins and witches and ghosts that Democrats have to fear. It’s mere numbers - poll numbers. And for majority Democrats in Congress and President …
The Way We Forget
This country of ours has a monstrous capacity to forget. We are able to forget - if we ever knew - what happened two hundred years ago, one hundred …
Are We Still Capable of Educating for “Us-ness?“
Ronald Reagan delivered some one-liner doozies, one of which is still a favorite of several members of Congress and talking heads on cable news: "The most terrifying words in …
The Misguided Debate On US Muslims
Laurie Goodstein's September 5 New York Times article, “American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?” was intended as a sympathetic reading of the concerns of US Muslim communities facing …