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Cass Sunstein Vote: Dems Back Nomination as 'Regulatory Czar'
Cass Sunstein, a legal scholar at Harvard Law School, was singled out by Obama to head the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The agency deals with privacy of information issues. Today, Cuss Sunstein vote took place in the Senate – with a 63 to 35...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 10 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago
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625 views | 12 recommendations | 3 comments
Indian Muslim Scolars Say Burqua (Veil) is not a part of Islam
Following a controversy over muslim students wearing "burqua" in a college in Mangalore, Karnataka, a well respected Indian muslim scholar, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan told that wearing burqua is not a part of... Dr. Henry Louis Gates: Interviewed Discussing Racial Profiling
Last week, after returning home from an overseas trip to China, world renowned African American Harvard scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, was arrested in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Cambridge police who...
created by Karen Hatter | 18 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago
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462 views | 20 recommendations | 10 comments
Thomas Friedman: We Found the W.M.D.
Thomas Friedman quotes Norman Ornstein in today's Times: "What we can do now, though, said the Congressional scholar Norman Ornstein, co-author of “The Broken Branch,” is “ask President Bush to appoint Tim Geithner, Barack Obama’s proposed Treasury...Academic Conference Examines 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'
Who says scholars are locked an ivory tower, looking down derisively at the low-brow failings of 'popular culture'? Not so, my friends: when it comes to all things Buffy, they're just as immersed in the Buffyverse...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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244 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Indonesian researcher wins Melbourne University chancellor`s prize
"Assyaukani`s dessertation which focuses on Islam and politics in Indonesia is one of the four dessertations considered the best among around 500 dessertations presented by doctorate students to the university...US$4.3 million offer for 400-year-old Al-Qur`an
""I might agree to part with it if I get a good offer. The last offer I got was for $4.3m," Saeed Ali Al Suwaidi told IINA. He said he went to Makkah in Ramadan last year and had a chance meeting with a Yemeni Islamic scholar. "We began talking after a preliminary... Dr. Spock 2.0
Below is an interview with MIT's Henry Jenkins, a media scholar that CNET is touting as the next Dr. Spock. As earlier child-rearing books begin to feel outmoded in the face of the brave new digital world, new...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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345 views | 20 recommendations | 1 comment
The downside of diversity
We knew this, it just hadn't been proven. Glad it has, now we can get on with the business of civi-ness-ness. (Susan Jones Photo)"The downside of diversity ""
created by Susan Jones | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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304 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Last Supper theory crashes websites
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMany of us had seen the Da Vinci Code, many believed based on conspiracy theory and conjecture. Now a researcher discovered something by...
created by Barry Artiste | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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3660 views | 10 recommendations | 5 comments
Mona Lisa Grave Found, Claims Scholar
"Jan. 19, 2007 — The woman behind Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting may be buried near a now derelict building in the heart of Florence, according to archival documents. The exact location of Mona Lisa's...Israel, EU condemn Iran's Holocaust conference
"Israel's prime minister, German leaders and the European Union's top justice official are among those who condemned Iran on Tuesday for hosting a controversial conference questioning the Nazi genocide of...
created by Edmund Jenks | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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462 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Joe Nye, least possible necessary aggression, and non-proliferation after Nor...
"Joe Nye, the University Distinguised Service Professor at Harvard's JFK School of Government and international policy scholar renowned for his work around soft power, has an very good column in today's Washington Post. Nonproliferation After North Korea Joe brings a wealth...Today in history - Oct. 6
"Today is Friday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2006. There are 86 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 6, 1927, the era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz Singer," a movie starring Al Jolson which featured both silent and...Kindred Spirits: The First of Its Kind
I am proud to say that my mother Dr. Carol Gigliotti will be speaking at Kindred Spirits on Saturday. The University of Indiana is hosting the event this weekend. The key note is none other than Donna Haraway. This is the first event of its kind, and the...
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