Israel’s health ministry is to investigate why contraceptive injections were widely given to Ethiopian immigrant women. A new committee will look into allegations that this was done in a deliberate attempt to reduce births in the Ethiopian Israeli community. In December, an Israeli TV documentary produced evidence about the use […]
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The bible is an evolving document – designed to control other people. It does so – by claiming knowledge of human afterlife. None of the bibles mention America. Because they were all written before people on the eastern side of the Atlantic knew America existed. Israel is ramping up its […]
Friends & Colleagues This is the concluding commentary in a trio that I written over the past week on “kill lists,” drones, etc. It will appear in tomorrow’s Huffington Post. Comments welcomed. Michael Brenner mbren@pitt.edu Assassination of American citizens by presidential dictate, blanket suspension of habeas corpus indefinitely, massive […]
While it’s not shocking that a journalism professor would ban students from citing news sources that are not credible, it is eyebrow-raising that one of those sources would be In a copy of a syllabus obtained by Fox, Stephanie Wolfe, a visiting professor of journalism at West Liberty University in […]
The first episode of Oliver Stone’s new TV show is available online. Quite possibly the best history lesson you’ll get all year. [youtube]a5-veAiYgAY[/youtube]
26 Amazing Facts About Finland’s Unorthodox Education System Adam Taylor | Dec. 14, 2011, 9:00 PM Finland Helsinki Since it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, Finland’s school system has consistently come at the top for the international rankings for education systems. So how do they do it? […]
[ A picture of a group of American students looking at a camera ] Escape lectures, save thousands ~ and hustle your way to a brighter future. “You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.” – Will Hunting […]
Human Conflict from Scott Ewing on Vimeo.
If you want to do something interesting with your brain today ~ then check this out : Audio here
Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of “keeping us safe” or “promoting […]