use of the word "primitive", in the context of cultures, makes me racist because social scientists no longer use that word? huh. i guess i'm a racist, then.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
A newly announced project called "Crying Wolf," organized out of the Center on Policy Initiatives, seems blithely unconcerned with any requirements associated with academic freedom. As John has noted, project coordinators Peter Dreier (a distinguished professor of politics at Occidental College), Nelson Lichtenstein (a
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is HUGELY pleased that Torchwood has been picked up by the Starz network. HUGELY pleased. though, a bit bummed being that Starz is, i'm fairly certain, a pay channel, and that Torchwood will apparently no longer air on BBCAm