Hanukkah, Thanksgiving bring blessings of freedom, unity
This year, for the first time since 1888, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah coincide in what many in the Jewish community are calling “Thanksgivukkah.” The eight-day Jewish holiday begins at sundown on...
View ArticleDid George Washington predict America's fall?
Washington began by declaring that “it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection...
View ArticleLaying down the Laws: human rights court shouldn't have last word
Longest-serving appeal judge, Sir John Laws, questions Lord Bingham's rule that Strasbourg is final authority on convention Bingham had laid principle that the interpretation of the European...
View ArticleWomen, War, and the Working Class
In the previous installment in the Political Poetry series, Afaa Weaver described his urge, as an African American poet, “to touch the proletarian vernacular at its deepest point.” A few days after...
View ArticleUNC-CH faculty complain after conservative group seeks liberal...
A group of law professors at UNC-Chapel Hill is standing behind Gene Nichol, director of the school’s poverty center, after a conservative think tank requested the left-leaning professor’s emails,...
View ArticleUNC-CH faculty members complain after conservative think tank seeks liberal...
A group of law professors at UNC-Chapel Hill is standing behind Gene Nichol, director of the school’s poverty center, after a conservative think tank requested the left-leaning professor’s emails,...
View ArticleCurbing radicalism on UK campuses
The Universities UK (UUK) has recently published a guidance on external speakers in higher education institutions with the aim of providing practical guidance for universities on the issue. This...
View ArticleObjects To WASP Depiction
Regarding Robert M. Thorson's column "JFK And The Demise Of The WASP Stronghold" [Nov. 28]: I find it...
View Article‘Indian secularism is about mediating between different communities’
Professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam, eminent Indian historian, has been elected to the Collège de France in Paris, a prestigious centre of learning, where he will hold a Chair in Early Modern World History....
View ArticleShouldn't Be Using The W-Word
Professor Robert Thorson needs a lecture in political correctness [Nov. 28, column, "JFK And The Demise...
View ArticleA look at key articles passed by Egypt's constituent assembly for draft...
Published November 30, 2013Associated Press Members of Egypt's panel tasked with amending Egypt's Islamist-drafted constitution, read drafts of the constitution before they begin voting on a series of...
View ArticleDavid Cameron's battle begins to harvest votes from the recovery
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View ArticleA look at key articles in Egyptian draft charter
Egypt's draft constitution is made up of a four-page preamble and 247 articles. On Saturday, the country's 50-member constituent assembly voted on 138 articles, limiting the scope of Islamic law, or...
View ArticleThank you all for reading my column
After three months of sharing my views with readers in this space, it’s time for some response to those who have taken the time to comment on the topics I have addressed. With all the feedback I have...
View ArticleElections: Pitiful decoration for our chains?
Text smaller Text bigger In a brief news interview I gave in February 2009, I pointed out Obama’s leftist radicalism and warned of his agenda to destroy the liberty of the American people. Later in...
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The N-word again. Of course. Six years after the NAACP staged its symbolic burial, that word has proved rumors of its demise greatly exaggerated. In just the last few weeks we’ve had the following:...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts Jr.: Let’s bury the need for the N-word
The N-word again. Of course. Six years after the NAACP staged its symbolic burial, that word has proven rumors of its demise greatly exaggerated. In just the last few weeks we’ve had the following:...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts: N-word keeps spreading with stubborn insistence
The N-word again. Of course. Six years after the NAACP staged its symbolic burial, that word has proven rumors of its demise greatly exaggerated. In just the last few weeks we’ve had the following:...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts Jr.: Let's bury the need for the N-word
The N-word again. Of course. Six years after the NAACP staged its symbolic burial, that word has proven rumors of its demise greatly exaggerated. In just the last few weeks we've had the following:...
View ArticlePitts: It's time that we bury the N-word rather than excuse it
The N-word again. Of course. Six years after the NAACP staged its symbolic burial, that word has proven rumors of its demise greatly exaggerated. In just the last few weeks we've had the following:...
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