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Essays & Commentary
The Betting Boom
Toothless Truths
You'd wager that academics across the disciplines would have studied the many facets of America's gambling mania. You'd lose, writes Alan Wolfe.
The AAUP's new report on academic freedom is a mix of undisputed old principles and alarming new lunacies, writes David Horowitz. Unfairly Singled OutBritish scholars made the right call in rejecting the latest proposal to boycott Israeli academe. But the proposals themselves are damaging and only threaten progress toward peace in the Middle East, writes David Newman. More Than MoneySound financial planning is necessary, but not enough, to rescue colleges in distress, writes Terrence MacTaggart. 'Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking'Great books spurred Bob Dylan to reject a "passion for dumbness." It's that untraditionally framed reverence for tradition that makes Dylan apt reading for first-year humanities students, write Emily Ondine Wittman and Paul R. Wright. Philosophy And Pop CultureWhen Homer Simpson demonstrates Aristotelian virtue, and Monty Python pits verificationism against holism, is philosophy made entertaining or is entertainment made stodgy? asks Stephen T. Asma. Smoked OutThe University of California and Stanford wisely rejected calls to shun research funds from tobacco companies. It was a refreshing case of academic freedom trumping PC showmanship, writes Henry I. Miller. 10 To Tend ToAnn H. Franke and Meyer Eisenberg offer rules for avoiding conflicts of interest. CRITICAL MASS: Women and hip-hop. The Arts
Layers Of Self
The personal is always political, but the political is not always personal for Indian female artists represented in an exhibition at Brandeis.
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Blogs
Footnoted: From Academic Blogs
Handicapping the race for the economics Nobel A torrent of advice for a fledgling law school Discussions
Forum: Professional wrestling? Trolling for Krispy Kremes? What are your guilty pleasures? Share them online. 
The Brown Bag: Read the transcript of an online discussion with Merrill L. Johnson, associate dean of the University of New Orleans's College of Liberal Arts, about whether Second Life can be a useful distance-education platform.
The Brown Bag: S. Michael Evans, an architect who has designed campuses across North America for 20 years, will answer your questions about what the sustainability movement has to say to campus planners, on Thursday, October 18, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time. LettersMany Reforms Needed to Help Young Scientists Sex, Art, and Education in Second Life Critical Thinking in Saudi Arabia The Ethics of a Study on Upward Bound What the NCAA Wants You to Know Low-Income Students and Choice When It's Hard to Make Ends Meet Cartoons
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