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POPSDictionopolis I grew up with Webster's Dictionary, but have since graduated to Oxfords. (sniff) I can't clip images (always blocked when I'm in Egypt), so go to clip source to figure out the difference between college and high school dictionaries. There's also a link to a youtube video on how the American Heritage Dictionary avoids problematic guide words
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POPSEast Carolina University With due respect to ECU, one need only look at national university rankings to see that Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech (all ranked in the Top 100 ...
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POPSWhat's Become of the Jewish-Zionist Press?
Today it is precisely this realization that leads me to refuse to serve. I cannot recognize the humanity of Israelis but not that of Palestinians." The two women, both 19, were invited to campus by the Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine. The same day the women will also appear at Harvard and Northeastern universities... Am I imagining that at one time two such people, brought to campus by such a group, would have been treated as a shameful matter? That perhaps a paper like The JEWISH Advocate would have provided the context for readers to understand this, rather than giving them a straight-up second page bit of publicity? Is shame dead? Are we supposed to admire these girls for standing up for the wrong values and spreading lies? Or have we no values any longer? Can we no longer call a lie for what it is? And look how this supposed Zionist newspaper treats anti-American and anti-Israeli leftist groups Code Pink and Jewish Voice for Peace:
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POPSState Legislators In Now-Infamous Solitaire Photo Identified During the long debates at the state Capitol, legislators often work on their laptop computers - as seen in the photograph. Sometimes they are answering e-mails from constituents, while other times they are researching important information on pending bills. Other times, they are playing solitaire. When asked Tuesday about the photo by Capitol Watch, Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell laughed and said, "I think if they'd spend less time playing computer games and more time looking for spending cuts, then we would have been out of here a lot sooner.'' Republican Tom Foley, who is running for U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Christopher J. Dodd, said, "I was disheartened to see a Hartford Courant front page photo showing members of our Democratically-controlled legislature playing solitaire on their computers while debate was occurring on a new state budget that raises taxes and contains no net reduction in spending. This is not a time for the Democrats who control . . .
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POPSMajor Cities' Plummeting Crime Rates Mystifying Not sure why they are baffled, it is pretty simple. Between Madoff, Wall Street and the banks wiping out a large portion of people's money and then the taxman, government, and foreclosures/layoffs taking the rest, there is not much for criminals to steal. You have to figure theft is out of the question since large majority of population has no $$, breaking and entering is tough - since so many foreclosures.
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POPSSen. Sam Caligiuri vs. Sen. Chris Dodd in 2010? A graduate of Boston College, Caligiuri also holds a master's degree from Yale University and a law degree from Catholic University. He once served as an attorney in the mid-1990s at the state Capitol under then-Gov. John G. Rowland of Waterbury. There was no immediate response from Dodd's office. Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons is also thinking about running against Dodd, and he recently told Capitol Watch that he will be making a decision by the Ides of March.
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POPSPredisposition to believe in creationism?
Creationist tendency "What her work suggests is that the creationist side has a huge leg up early on because it fits our natural tendencies," says Paul Bloom, a psychologist at Yale University. "It has implications for why most people on earth are creationists, I think." For this reason, it's not surprising that non-religious, college-educated adults fall back on purpose-seeking explanations. Many people have little understanding of evolution and instead view it as a cultural belief, thinking: "'I'm a good secular liberal, I'm no yokel, I believe in Darwin,'" Bloom says. He also wonders if extensive science education could blunt the tendency to fall back on teleological explanations. "It might turn out that if you put Richard Dawkins or Einstein or whomever , no matter how expert or educated they are, they might still make these mistakes." Indeed, Kelemen is running similar experiments on volunteers with stronger science backgrounds to see if they, too, fall ba
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POPSA Muslim on the Crucifix Controvery at Boston College ...So the student said, "Oh, ecumenical means we think we're all equal, and we didn't want to discriminate against others, and offend outsiders." And the Muslim said, "You mean people like me, and my friend the Jew?" "Well, yes." "Well, I am highly insulted." "Why?" "Well, you're treating me like a bigot." "No, we hate bigotry." "Let me explain. Suppose you came to my country. You enrolled in a Muslim university. Now we don't have pictures or images; we think that's idolatry, but when you are in a Muslim university, you know you are in a Muslim university. Who would object to a Muslim symbol in a Muslim university, except a bigot? Now you expect me to be offended by a Catholic symbol - the crucifix - in a Catholic university, so you are treating me like a bigot." He didn't stop. He said to the students, "How many of you believe that Jesus is the Son of God?" And most of them raised their hand.
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POPSIvy League Under Financial Stress It's happened- the financial crisis has finally reached US universities. Harvard is looking to cut back on operating costs and this includes salaries and employment. This can actually affect the quality of education in our country.
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POPSJon Stewart to Sarah Palin: "[Expletive] You." Jonathan Leibowitz....such a small man; in mentality and vocabulary. FTA: "The media has devoted hundreds of stories of late to the tenor of audience comments at McCain-Palin rallies, fretting about "rage" and "incitement" by the campaign, but the only account of Stewart's appearance is a one-sentence mention in the Boston Globe, and his abusive Palin comments are not included." I guess his Moma would be so proud.
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