What we get wrong about the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving
When it comes to historical memory, the old saying that you can’t choose your relatives is just plain wrong. Americans have chosen the Pilgrims as honorary ancestors, and we tend to see their story as...
View ArticleThe N-Word: An Open Letter to ESPN's Skip Bayless
ESPN's Skip Bayless wrote a passionate plea last week titled, It's Time to Let the N-Word Die. Bayless starts his passionate piece by stating, "This is strictly one man's opinion -- one white man's....
View ArticleJoan Rivers Defends Alec Baldwin's Alleged Anti-Gay Slur With Shocking Tirade
Joan Rivers defended Alec Baldwin after MSNBC canceled the "30 Rock" veteran's show in the wake of an alleged anti-gay tirade. But the 80-year-old TV personality and comedian upped the ante, seemingly...
View ArticleCohen: The need to belong
With a grandchild about to be born in Atlanta, another on the way in Ho Chi Minh City, I have been thinking about the beginning of the family odyssey; of my great-grandfather, Isaac Michel, and his...
View ArticleMyths about our Pilgrim ancestors
By Robert Tracy McKenzie Americans have chosen the Pilgrims as honorary ancestors, and we tend to see their story as inseparable from the story of our nation, "land of the Pilgrims' pride." We imagine...
View ArticleWill sweeping changes improve university?
Will sweeping changes at the University of Canterbury improve the academic institution? And can universities embrace commercial ideals? PHILIP MATTHEWS reports. Halloween was a happy event at the...
View ArticleMinister Kenney issues statement to recognize Chanukah (Department of...
(Source: Department of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada) Ottawa, November 27, 2013 - The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister for Multiculturalism, issued the following statement to recognize...
View ArticleWhy politically liberal Jews should consider skipping Hanukkah
Related Columns LOS ANGELES, November 27, 2013 — Wednesday night at Sundown, Jews worldwide eagerly await Hanukkah, the glorious Festival of Lights. Latkes (potato pancakes) will be consumed, dreidels...
View ArticleRegulation Freedom amendment: The administrative state vs. the Constitution
Related Columns WASHINGTON, November 26, 2013 — The rise of the administrative state — as epitomized by the more than 30,000 pages of federal regulations that implement Obamacare — over the last few...
View ArticleGod and Barack Obama
Text smaller Text bigger Barack Obama has a peculiar, confusing and ambiguous relationship with God. I’m not saying he doesn’t have one. I’m not saying he is not a believer. I’m not saying he is a...
View ArticleHate speech: Minorities panel for action against AAP member
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Minorities has written to the Election Commission and Delhi Police urging them to take action against Kumar Vishwas, a member of the Aam Aadmi Party, for his...
View ArticleEDITORIAL - Media, freedom and Maurice Tomlinson
THERE IS an important recent ruling in Jamaica's Constitutional Court that is as yet to get significant attention, but is in need of serious analysis by the Jamaican media and the wider society. The...
View ArticleThankful for the past, hopeful for the future
Let me share with you just one portion of Reagan’s autobiography to emphasize just how well the nation was left under his tenure and how, as the eternal optimist and visionary, he believed that our...
View ArticleThe Trouble with the African Past (University of London)
(Source: University of London) The Trouble with the African Past 28 November 2013 Professor Richard Reid, History of Africa at SOAS, University of London will be giving his inaugural lecture on the...
View ArticleHistory Broke Us: One Jewish Family’s 20th Century
By James McAuleyNovember 29th 20135:45 am More Stories by James McAuley How to tell the story of the rise and destruction of European Jews? Perhaps the most compelling way is through family history,...
View ArticleA ‘Powerful’ Image of Breast Cancer Offends Some Times Readers
Many Times readers were disturbed and offended by the front-page photograph of an Israeli woman’s upper torso in Wednesday’s newspaper. It was the dominant image on the page, and it accompanied an...
View Article'Gay' power vs. religious liberty
“The legal struggle for queer rights will one day be a struggle between freedom of religion versus sexual orientation.” – Canadian lesbian lawyer Barbara Finlay, quoted by columnist John Leo and Janet...
View ArticleThe World According to Gap
Gap has managed two marketing scoops within a short period. It got a Sikh model, Waris Ahluwalia, to be the face of its Holiday 2013 campaign, and when one of the hoardings was defaced it by acting...
View ArticleFind out more about UWL's honorary degree recipients (University of West...
(Source: University of West London) Find out more about the high-profile figures who will be receiving honorary degrees at this year's Graduation below. Bernard Andonian studied law at Ealing...
View ArticleSuddenly, it's 'bigoted' to be Swedish
In the drive for Scandinavian culture to utterly annihilate itself as fast as possible, let it never be said that art galleries and institutions failed to do their part. Oslo’s “New Nordic Art”...
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