Archive for April, 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Talking to ourselves

Susan Jacoby recently had an article in the Sunday Opinion section of the Los Angeles Times entitled “Talking to ourselves: Americans are increasingly close-minded and unwilling to listen to opposing views” (April 20, 2008).
She leads with this story: Afew years ago at Eastern Kentucky University, she was giving a lecture on the history of American secularism […]

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Saturday, April 19th, 2008

A butterfly’s wings in Brazil, a tornado in Texas


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Thursday, April 17th, 2008

It matters Why Orwell Matters


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Monday, April 14th, 2008

A week in the Lower 9th Ward


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