Enraged by the supposed GOP “war on women,” 56-year-old mother of two Susan McMillan Emry created “Rock the Slut Vote,” a website focused on uniting women like herself who feel hurt or angered by the GOP effort to “bully, subjugate and silence women.”
Monthly Archives For June 2012
Setting The Record Straight
In a recent post on his academe blog, John K. Wilson offers several quotes to rebut the charge that mid East scholar Norman Finkelstein is a holocaust denier
Anti-Israel Bias Acknowledged
Charges that academia is biased against Israel are serious enough when they come from supporters of the Middle Eastern country. When they emanate from implacable foes of the Jewish state, you get the idea that the bias has reached epidemic proportions.
Educational Impacts of Private Sector
A panel discussion was held at the Center for American Progress to discuss the role of the private sector in education on Thursday, May 31.
Free Pizza & Free Debate
Washington, D. C.—There will be two fairly unprecedented left/right debates taking place in June, both on the same day and one of which comes with free food.
Obamacare’s Collateral Damage: Not just Catholics
So far there are at least 72 private plaintiffs and seven states have filed lawsuits against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and they are not all Catholics or religiously affiliated.
Obamacare Compromises Catholic Universities
The president’s “compromise” on regulations connected with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has impressed academics but not anyone who knows anything about how insurance works.
Power of the Pledge
Grover Norquist came to speak about the Federal Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the Heritage Foundation’s Blogger’s Briefing on Tuesday, May 29.
All Sex Is Local
Arguably, this is where the issue of sex education belongs.
The Obama Hit List
Frank VanderSloot, CEO of Melaleuca, a successful home-products business, has recently been targeted as an enemy by the Obama administration for his generous donation to the Romney campaign.