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Claire Hope Cummings, author of Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds, ponders the false dichotomy between science and religion that still roils American classrooms two hundred years after Darwin’s birth.
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In today’s post, Alan Michael Collinge, author of The Student Loan Scam, talks about the legislation that removed bankruptcy protection for student loan borrowers and what the incoming Congress and President can do to help protect students and their families.
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Scott Horton, in his always excellent blog at Harpers, skewers the "New McCarthyism" in a defense of Rashid Khalidi. More commentary in support of Khalidi, a respected scholar at Columbia University and author of the forthcoming Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East, is flooding the web and mainstream media.…
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Zombie scientists are out in force in Texas. Glenn Branch, author of Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for Our Schools, discusses the appointment of three creationists to a committee to set Texas state biology standards.
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In the New York Times Magazine last weekend, David Gessner, author of Soaring With Fidel, weighed the pros and cons of teaching and writing, and teaching writing. Salon talks with Carmine Sarracino about our porn-saturated culture. Sarracino is co-author of The Porning of America. David Moore (The Opinion Makers) was on Greater Boston this Monday…
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Kathryn Joyce (whose book Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement will be released by Beacon this winter) compares the candidacy of Sarah Palin to the biblical story of Esther. The student loan credit crunch may just be a “convenient” distraction for lenders who would like to keep attention away from predatory lending practices, says Alan…
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So here’s my problem teaching cultural history: I am a devout and devoted, dedicated and dutiful, fan of the Boston Red Sox. There are many, many, many well known burdens in being a fan of Boston. Until recently, there was the whole “curse” thing. The year 1918, which could be mentioned for many historically important…
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I chuckled to myself wondering what William F. Buckley, the author of the landmark conservative tract God and Man at Yale, might have thought of this year’s Baccalaureate Service at Dartmouth College. In addition to Christian hymns and Bible readings, there was a Native American prayer offered in the Yuchi language, and recitations from the…
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In Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Ann Hulbert warned against the problem with advocating for arts education by citing its ability to help kids perform well in other areas, particularly on the “testable” areas of education. A recent study released by the Dana Foundation explored the connections between arts education and coginition. Here, we’ve invited…
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