Category Archives: Pol 266 Politics and Culture

Open! Open! Open!

Posted on February 10, 2010 by proftp

WNYC had a couple of folks on today regarding new federal initiatives to make information about government more easily available to the citizenry. I’ve posted the links under Government-US—Data.gov and Open Government Initiative—but I want to suggest you try what … Continue reading →

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Pol 266: Pol & culture course schedule

Posted on January 29, 2010 by proftp

S10 Politics, schmolitics. Why bothering studying such a corrupted topic? All one has to do is to turn on the t.v. or fire up the computer to find ample evidence of the hollowness of the pursuit, and so-called pundits have … Continue reading →

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Study guide: 266

Posted on December 9, 2009 by proftp

F09    Pol 266 Study Guide This will be a closed-book, closed-note exam. While you are encouraged to study together, you must each come up with your own answers and write your own exams. The exam will be divided into three … Continue reading →

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Shout out to TNC (266)

Posted on October 30, 2009 by proftp

First, I’d like to recommend STRONGLY that y’all read Ta-Nahisi Coates’s blog (scroll down in the ‘Blogs’ section to find the link; it’ll open in a new window). TNC is a fine writer who at times approaches the sublime, but … Continue reading →

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Follow-ups and new stories (266)

Posted on October 13, 2009 by proftp

Okay, so I don’t think ‘follow-ups’ is a real phrase—but y’all know what I mean. Putting the individuals ahead of the community: Haredim abuse victims pursue prosecution. You can access the two videos of the Swat (Pakistan) schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, … Continue reading →

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Creating a Biruh Tesfa (266)

Posted on October 2, 2009 by proftp

Mothers of Ethiopia, the Huffington Post series: Part I, Part II, and Part III; installments IV and V are to come. From the slide show in Part II: This is the work. Photo by Hanna Ingber Win

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Yoo hoo, UN calling! (266)

Posted on September 28, 2009 by proftp

First, an apology: the UN is in the East 40s, not 50s. If any of you did go, weeeelllll, it was a nice day for a walk. Anyway, proof that I hauled my lazy. . . , er, visited the … Continue reading →

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And so it begins. . . (266)

Posted on September 10, 2009 by proftp

Modest exercise, er, exercising modesty, I mean, how to exercise and retain one’s modesty. Caster Semanya, the South African runner, is apparently intersex. While her future participation in women’s sport is unclear, she will not be stripped of her World … Continue reading →

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Ain’t it GRAND to be back in school?! (228)(266)

Posted on August 10, 2009 by proftp

Hello all: The following are the required books for Politics & Culture (266) & Democracy & Its Critics (228): Pol 266/C301/D301: Martha Nussbaum, Women and Development, Cambridge University Press, paperback, 2001: 978 052 100 3858 Susan Moller Okin, Is Multiculturalism … Continue reading →

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Grammatically incorrect (228)(266)

Posted on April 25, 2009 by proftp

More links: What a surprise: It’s teh wimmins fault, complain the Taliban. Why are teh wimmins the weaker sex? Maybe because so many don’t get enough to eat. As Matthew noted, dem pigs iz sick—and making us sick. Ah, the … Continue reading →

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