Category Archives: academia

Arch Enemy’s Angela Gossow: “I’m the boss”

"The music business is full of traps and most bands bleed."
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Homa Katouzian: how the West should deal with Iran’s nuclear ambitions

"Even a nuclear Iran could not initiate a war with Israel."
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The Bloemfontein urinators: “we’re not racist!”

All five of the employees continue to be harassed by the students they are cleaning up after.
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“Genocide Before the Holocaust” doesn’t deliver

Ukraine's Great Famine in particular deserved a closer look here.
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Oxford’s Conservative Association: the other scandal

Writing condemnatory opinion pieces based on what one tabloid heard from a student rag is unbelievably sloppy journalism.
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One State, Two States: a review

The problem with Morris's thesis is his argument that democracy has never taken root in Palestine.
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On Obama’s “failed celebrity” and accountability

Despite the vocal complaints from Smiley et al, the Black Intelligentsia are not standing at soup kitchens or awaiting food stamps to feed their families.
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Next year, Mr. President, give a commencement speech at an HBCU

Honorary degrees are routinely given to commencement speakers to show respect for the speaker, but not in this case.
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More Than Just Race: a review

Instead of favoring liberal scholars such as Jennifer Rothschild, Wilson has aroused a debate by justifying certain conservative arguments.
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Re-thinking the Crisis: An Interview with Dr. Susan Feiner

Do we want to create lots of private economic wealth, or are we actually trying to get at a measure of social wealth as embodied in parks, orchestras, clean transport, libraries, schools?
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