Monthly Archive: February 2016
What Is the Purpose of Higher Education? | The Glittering Eye
IMO our present system of higher education is targeted with unerring precision at the economic conditions of the 1950s. Then the purposes of higher education were clear. They were A) To prepare professionals for...
Study Finds Republican Voter Suppression Is Even More Effective Than You Think | ThinkProgress
In a new paper entitled “Voter Identification Laws and the Suppression of Minority Votes”, researchers at the University of California, San Diego — Zoltan Hajnal, Nazita Lajevardi — and Bucknell University — Lindsay Nielson — used data from the annual Cooperative Congressional Election Study to compare states with strict voter ID laws to those that allow voters without photo ID to cast a ballot. They found a clear and significant dampening effect on minority turnout in strict voter ID states.
Clinton Emails Held No Direct References to Undercover CIA Officers – NBC News
A handful of emails forwarded to Hillary Clinton’s personal server while she was secretary of state contained references to undercover CIA officers — including one who was killed by a suicide attack in Afghanistan,...
Disclosure: TSA Cannot Verify Employees’ Criminal Histories – WFB
Government oversight officials informed Congress on Wednesday that the Transportation Security Administration continues to operate in disarray, failing to record basic security details for thousands of employees and not tracking official IDs and badges...
Twitter Nerd-Fight Reveals a Long, Bizarre Scientific Feud | WIRED
#ParsimonyGate turned into one big airing of grievances. One scientist called the group a cult and another suggested the editorial must have been either a joke, prank, or hoax.The thing is, few in the...
Bernie Sanders Plays Rabbi in “My X-Girlfriend’s Wedding Reception” – YouTube – h/t @danielsilliman
Bernie Sanders Plays Role of Rabbi in 1999 Low-Budget Comedy “My X-Girlfriend’s Wedding Reception” – YouTube
Ramesh Ponnuru: Rand Paul and the Myth of the “Libertarian Moment” – The Corner
Senator Rand Paul is dropping out of the presidential race, a move that has journalists reaching back to 2014, when Paul was leading the polls and people were arguing that he was a good...
Ana Palacio: The Causes and Consequences of Brexit – Project Syndicate
From a European perspective, this is deeply worrying. It is well known that a British departure would deal a devastating blow to European integration, possibly causing an already-fragile process to unravel.
Why We Need To Improve Standardized Testing | ThinkProgress
According to a new report from the Center for American Progress on implementing the No Child Left Behind rewrite, or the Every Student Succeeds Act, states and schools could do much more to communicate...
The Limits of Enthusiasm: Iowa 2016
Iowa demonstrates that the Trump electoral strategy is not going to work, that Bernie has a long way to go if he wants to beat HRC, and that Marco Rubio may in fact have a chance against Ted Cruz.
Sacramento Kings scrap planned T-shirt giveaway after DeMarcus Cousins takes issue – ESPN
The Sacramento Kings canceled a T-shirt giveaway Monday night after some in the organization, including star DeMarcus Cousins, found the shirts to be racially insensitive.
The Kings had placed black shirts adorned with a purple monkey as part of their Lunar New Year celebration on seats at Monday night’s game against theMilwaukee Bucks. The Chinese Year of the Monkey begins Feb. 8.
However, Monday also marked the first day of Black History Month, and players and coaches were wearing shirts in honor of the annual commemoration.
From: Sacramento Kings scrap planned T-shirt giveaway after DeMarcus Cousins takes issue
