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Tables turned: Modern Language Association in midst of voting on Anti-BDS Resolution

Posted by Occam's Razor on May 18, 2017 3 Comments

In what may be a first, academic group considering committing to oppose BDS, with online membership vote through June 1.

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Mika to Trump spokeswoman on Comey: “you’re actually not telling the truth right now”

Posted by Mark Finkelstein on May 10, 2017 2 Comments

Huckabee Sanders keeps her cool under Morning Joe fire

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New Dartmouth Dean of Faculty withdraws support for academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2017 4 Comments

Bruce Duthu's statement sounds more like someone who is sorry he got caught, than a true repudiation of BDS.

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New Dartmouth Dean of Faculty endorsed academic boycott of Israel, here’s what that entails

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2017 11 Comments

Academic BDS is anathema to academic freedom and the responsibilities of a Dean of Faculty

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California aims to tax satellite launches

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 06, 2017 15 Comments

California tax authorities are lost in space.

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Texas: Bill Banning Sanctuary Cities Heads to Governor’s Desk

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on May 04, 2017 15 Comments

"Texas can’t change federal immigration laws. What Texas can do is to enforce existing law.”

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Japan’s Potato Chip Shortage Causes Prices to Rise to $12 a Bag

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 03, 2017 5 Comments

Bad potato crop has led to the shortage.

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Did Experts Find Christopher Columbus’s Anchor?

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 02, 2017 4 Comments

“That anchor is from Christopher Columbus!"

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Court Won’t Rehear Net Neutrality Challenge While FCC Plans to Roll Back Rules

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 01, 2017 19 Comments

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai recently unveiled plans to dismantle the net neutrality rules.

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Rand Paul to Teach Class at George Washington University

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2017 0 Comments

"the Republican will fulfill a dream of his"

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Baltimore: Immigration Status “Collateral Consequences” Considered in Prosecuting Crime

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 30, 2017 35 Comments

Latest in Baltimore's resistance to Trump's immigration policies

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What You Missed at the #MarchForScience

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 24, 2017 23 Comments

Most logical sign? "No science, no beer."

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Study: Artificially-sweetened Drinks Associated with Strokes, Dementia

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 22, 2017 7 Comments

Sugar-sweetened drinks were not associated with stroke or dementia

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Will the DOJ Press Charges Against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks?

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 21, 2017 14 Comments

Jeff Sessions has called the arrest of Assange a "priority."

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Court: Discrimination case by Israeli company against National Lawyers Guild can advance

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2017 4 Comments

Bibliotechnical Athenaeum claims national origin discrimination after advertisement in dinner gala brochure allegedly rejected because it is Israeli

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Kremlin TV Declares Trump More Dangerous Than North Korea

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 17, 2017 6 Comments

Trouble in paradise?

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Arkansas Judge Participates in Death Penalty Protests After He Blocks Executions

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 17, 2017 5 Comments

Attorney General says the judge cannot be considered impartial for any death penalty case.

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