Persecution

In other words, persecution wasn’t holding the Jewish community back — it was pushing it forward.

The reason, according to Veblen, was that Jews were perpetual outsiders, which filled them with a “skeptical animus.” Because they had no vested interest in “the alien lines of gentile inquiry,” they were able to question everything, even the most cherished of assumptions.

And this is also one of the great privileges of being a gay man. And one of the things that youngsters want to dismiss.

in reference to: Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up | Magazine (view on Google Sidewiki)

Google Sidewiki entry by Marlboro

I didn't know it was.

in reference to:

"why is science so successful?"
- Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up | Magazine (view on Google Sidewiki)

Welcome to the www

where the corrosion of authority has been acceptable since Day 1. I'm glad to see you're finally getting the memo.

in reference to:

"The ease with which students or parents can defame and ridicule teachers on social networking sites such as Facebook is increasingly alarming schools and the education union, which says it is a growing problem."
- School sues parent for bitter website (view on Google Sidewiki)

Yah, right

Everyone else is expecting bread and circuses.

in reference to:

"parents should not be looking to the government to provide entertainment for their children"
- Flash Mobs Take Violent Turn in Philadelphia - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

The Gravy Train is Coming to an End

I am so saddened that a group of middle class professionals are seeing their pay checks cut right before their eyes. Perhaps the state realizes that it is getting very little value for its money, so this is some of the first pork to be chopped off. Thank goodness psychiatry will have to leave some of its victims alone. It's so amazing how a person can become well enough to be released from coercive services when the money runs out.

in reference to: http://acmhck.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=363 - Powered by Google Docs (view on Google Sidewiki)

Arrest at Wal-Mart After Racial Slur

I'm assuming he realized exactly how hurtful his comments were. That's why he made them

in reference to:

""I'm assuming this person didn't realize how hurtful his comments were," she said."
- Arrest At Wal-Mart After Racial Announcement In New Jersey (view on Google Sidewiki)

The Real Problem with Public Education

is not the teachers, but the parents.

in reference to:

"The problem with public education, they claimed, was the teachers. And of course not all teachers were performing badly in their jobs. No it was the teachers in unions that were dragging down our educational system."
- Diary of a Heartland Radical (view on Google Sidewiki)