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    If the public sphere is that constricted, should we give up? What the blogs represent is a chance for "the…
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    • Though I did not write the review (just the book) I suspect that what we have here is a rhetorical…
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    • That is kinda sneaky, ain't it?  I suppose, if the diary is coming through ePMedia, I should refrain from recommending,…
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    • Keep the light burning!
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    • Yeah, I was a little disappointed when Horowitz, who likes to create boxes for everything and everyone, told me I…
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    • InsideHigherEd keeps a watch on Horowitz.  Also, Michael Berube can be counted on to keep an eye on him.
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    • Thanks.  And I take your point about a Marxist milieu.  Perhaps I was being a little too snarky, but what…
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    • Oh, believe me, it is serious. I do not belittle the importance of fighting this. My point is simply that…
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    • The unAmerican one, quite clearly.  The neo-con Bush one.
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    • You may be right.  But I do retain faith that our system will be able to right itself. I just…
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    • Let me share this, from James Morton Smith and published first in 1952, during the height of the red scare:The…
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    • Working on my book this morning, I've been writing on the Sedition Act of 1798 in relation to my contention…
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    • Actually, Mather did not.  He had belief. The scientific evidence came later.
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    • But you, then, become the arbiter of what is "fantasy" and what is "real."  And that is not sufficient, not…
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    • Ed, it doesn't even matter which side is right.  This is an important discussion.  Much of what has happened since…
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    • My grandfather, a WWI disabled vet, was employed by the VA from its founding in 1926 until health prevented him…
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    • Yes. I agree completely.   Concentrating on the goal, also, doesn't mean that any means are acceptable (it's not "end…
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    • Naw, never trusted the man. What we need is a candidate who can make mistakes and 'fess up. Someone with…
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    • 4. A warrant leaves a paper trail.  Bush may not want anyone ever being able to find out, in the…
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    • Just look at how the Bush administration acted after 9/11, when all opposition to them had been effectively quashed by…
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