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A Modest Proposal on Asset Forfeiture
Fenster writes: I don’t know if you have followed the issue of asset forfeiture in these United States. It is a situation that smells something rotten. You may know that the law often allows police or other authorities to keep … Continue reading
Gallup Weighs in on Free Speech on Campus
Fenster writes: Gallup has released the results of polling on the issue of free speech on campus.
Notes on “Bone Tomahawk”
Fenster writes: In the past couple of years I don’t think I have enjoyed a movie more than Bone Tomahawk. But will I respect it in the morning? Instincts first and reflection later so let’s start with what prompted satisfaction.
Posted in Movies
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Double Feature: “Hope and Glory” and “Queen and Country”
Fenster writes: I wrote here about Linklater’s Before . . . films, which examined two lives in more or less real time, covering 18 years in three separate films. And Fabrizio wrote here about Gett, the third film in a … Continue reading
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Free Harvard!
Fenster writes: I admire Ron Unz a lot, read his blog-paper daily and support his position on bilingual education. Alas I cannot warm all that much to his push to make Harvard tuition free. He is running a slate committed … Continue reading
Arnold Arboretum Early Spring
Fenster writes: I thought the idea of Central Park with 100 foot glass walls was nuts but heck I suppose if you left the park intact it might not be so bad. Let the condo owners with the blocked views deal … Continue reading
One Cheer for Multiculturalism, con’t.
Fenster writes: As Fenster wrote at 2Blowhards over 11 years ago now: Words mean different things in different cultural contexts. Christianity means something different to an elderly Anglican than it does to a recently converted tribesman. The same is true, … Continue reading
Three Links
Fenster writes: Several examples of talking about the weather but really talking about something else, too. 1 On the academic freedom front, a glimmer of reason and from a somewhat unexpected source. The American Association of University Professors … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics and Economics
Tagged AAUP, Donald Trump, Eli Lake, Karl Rove, Title IX
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