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The popular New York blog site Gawker is reporting that “in an act of publishing cowardice, Condé Nast has gone to extraordinary lengths to prevent Russians from reading a “GQ” article criticizing Vladimir Putin.” Condé Nast publishes such widely read magazines as “Vanity Fair,” “The New Yorker,” and “Vogue.” In Russia, it publishes “GQ,” “Glamour,” […]
When I began my graduate studies first in theology and then legal philosophy in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a reasonable balance existed between management, labor, and governmental powers. Our established churches were focused on social justice — civil rights and poverty reform. And good things emerged ranging from civil rights legislation to Medicare. […]
About 10 years ago I had cataract surgery on one of my eyes which aborted and which two corrective surgeries failed to heal so that I was left with only totally distorted vision in that eye. Needless to say I delayed a second operation on my remaining eye with apprehension that I might lose vision […]
The Associated Press has released a photo of Marine Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard, which graphically portrays the Marine shortly after being hit by a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) during a firefight in the Helmland Province of Southern Afghanistan. LCpl Bernard later died from the injuries suffered in the attack. The parents of LCpl Bernard were […]
When I first started teaching in the mid l960s the number of African American and Latino students in my various colleges — Vassar, CCNY, Hunter — could be counted on the fingers of one hand. One of the two at Vassar told me that a Vassar interviewer had told her she would not be happy […]
Medical reform under Truman was sabotaged by the American Medical Assn. But the AMA then was a voluntary organization made up mainly of doctors determined to protect their incomes from government restrictions. My authority for this statement was Dave Rogers with whom I shared a summer cooperative camp and who was variously dean of two […]
 The Unique ID Project (UID) project has been announced by the Government of India under the leadership of Mr Nandan Nilekani and a body known as UID Authority of India (UIDAI) has been formed. The UIDAI has already announced that a pilot project would be undertaken in Karnataka under the direct supervision of Mr M […]
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