February 2012
“We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no...”
– Ronald Reagan (via politicalprof)
I am no fan of Reagan’s but at least he had the sense to understand the first amendment…
Politicalprof: Separating Church and State →
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This year’s Republican primary has brought the return of the culture war: the war between those who some allege to be godly against others presumed to be ungodly; the war between those who insist they are moral against those who are found to be immoral. Front and center in the culture war this…
AMEN.
Politicalprof: Republicans and "Smaller"... →
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One constantly hears that Republicans are the party of small government while Democrats are the party of big government. And, of course, the person making this claim usually makes it clear that small government is good and big government is bad.
Except, of course, this characterization of the…
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Probably One of My Weirdest Dreams Ever
So, I’m prone to bizarre adventure dreams that usually involve many people I know in places I live in.
Last night/this morning was no different.
I dreamt that I worked in some sort of combination of Disneyland, Atlantis, and the Holocaust Museum, with many of my colleagues from the museum or peers in the LCWS program, located in Midtown DC. So that in and of itself is just weird. But...
Politicalprof: On George Takei →
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Yesterday, I posted George Takei’s remembrance of the anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt signing the order the led to the internment of more than 100,000 Japanese persons across the American west during WWII, all for the sin of being, well, Japanese or of Japanese heritage. This…
Politicalprof: Getting Old: The Clues →
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So I stopped by the lobby shop in the student center at my university the other day to pick up my usual morning libation. The student worker behind the counter had a textbook on abnormal psychology open on the desk. I, being cute, asked, “get many ‘Abby Normal’ jokes in class”? (Click the link…
The student referred to in this is quite lame and uncultured. Young...
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“Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn human beings.”
– Heinrich Heine, who passed away 156 years ago… (more)
I am an intern at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum this spring. This quote is in the Permanent Exhibit and I think it is possibly the scariest of all our quotes because it’s true and because it’s definitely a warning sign...
Politicalprof: Republicans against the Violence... →
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So the Violence Against Women Act is up for renewal this year, and surprise of all surprises … not a single Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reauthorize the act. Not a single one.
Why? Well, the editorial in the New York Times puts it this way:
The main…
This. I just… I can’t… I don’t even…...
