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Monthly Archives: November 2008
College of DuPage v Academic Freedom
The College of DuPage has once again demonstrated a perverse notion of academic freedom. The Chicagoland community college which has had a tumultuous period of presidents coming and going and board members litigating against each other is greatly influenced by … Continue reading
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Al Qaeda’s Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri Was Right About President-Elect Obama
Much has been made about the “insults” and “slurs” directed against Barack Obama by Al Qaeda’s deputy Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri, the brilliant Egyptian physician, in a videotape released on November 19. The New York Times described the reference to “house … Continue reading
Wikipedia’s “Gwen Gale”: The New McCarthyism v Academic Freedom
Scare Poster as capitalism eviscerates America’s economy and plunges 45,700,000 without health insurance and at least 6.5% unemployed. Everyone knows it is over 7% when you count those who no longer try to find work as billionaire hedge-fund managers escape … Continue reading
“Gwen Gale,” Wikipedia Censor and “Vandal” on Academic Freedom
The word “vandal” is meant as a cyberspace term to indicate indiscriminate deleting of material from various webpages and as a censor in her efforts to ideologically control content on what is supposed to be a value-neutral website. I will … Continue reading
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Academic Freedom and Censorship: From Wikipedia’s “Gwen Gale” to Veterans Day Suspension Six Years Ago
Academic Freedom is Never Free Nor is Free Speech! On this date November 11, 2002 I was suspended for having responded to an e-mail from Air Force Cadet Robert Kurpiel. For many it was an egregious violation of my academic … Continue reading
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Cheryl: USAFA Community Website Responds to Antiwar E-mail to Air Force Cadet: Long Live Academic Freedom! [Updated]
A thank you to a loyal source who supplied me with this information concerning Cheryl’s post. I have subsequently learned her last name from a third party e-mail-which I presume is accurate– but since her son is serving in time … Continue reading
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A Pattern Emerges: “Gwen Gail,” Wikipedia Censor of Differing Points of View
Over the weekend, I tried repeatedly to include my blog in the bibliographic component of the Wikipedia entry on “Academic Freedom.” In addition, I was about to correct about seventeen errors in analysis and update its bibliography which uses derivative … Continue reading
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Repeatedly Censored For Being “Radical” by “Gwen Gale” on Wikipedia Academic Freedom Site
THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM IS TO ALLOW FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND IN EXTRAMURAL UTTERANCES AND HERE I AM CENSORED AND SILENCED BY A PERSON WHO DARES TO VIOLATE MY ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN A DE FACTO … Continue reading
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Barack Obama and Iran: First Press Conference
I told you so. When Barack Obama was asked on November 7 in Chicago at his first news conference as president-elect if he would respond to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s letter of congratulations, the senator refused to be gracious or … Continue reading
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Predictions on President-Elect Barack Obama’s Presidency
Following the November 4, 2008 presidential elections, I offer the following predictions. I see more militaristic, vulgar Rahm Emanuels and his Machiavellian ilk infecting the hope and change of an Obama administration. I see a push to the center as … Continue reading
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Ralph Nader Calls for True Democratic Socialism: A “Living” Wage
Unlike the Democrats who seek mere increases in the minimum wage, Ralph Nader, a graduate of the Harvard Law School, demands a living wage in which the basic necessities of life are attainable and not a mere flirtation with escaping … Continue reading
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