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Archive for November 15th, 2011

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Free speech keeps us clean

By Thoreau
A week and a half ago neo-Nazis held a rally in a nearby LA suburb. There was no violence, and the hateful pieces of trash were able to say what they wanted to say in accordance with the First Amendment.  For once, I have no complaints about my country.  I am pleased to live [...]

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

And the think-tanks keep spinning along

By Thoreau
Tomorrow in my freshman seminar class, one thing I’ll be going over is what to trust or not trust on the internet.  Some of it is easy:  Look for sites that cite sources, sources with experience and expertise relevant to the topic (though this is hardly a sufficient guarantee against crackpottery, it doesn’t hurt), [...]