participatory democracy

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• High school teacher suspended after assigning an article on homosexuality in animals

  
  Gender and Schooling — Authority: 515
  Yesterday, Mr. Delong, a 10th and 12th grade Honors English teacher in Piasa, IL was suspended for assigning an article about homosexuality in the animal kingdom to his students. Should teachers ask their students to read about controversial topics? Should we allow parents veto power over the curriculum? The local ...
  2 weeks ago

• Two-Party System Shills

  
  An Ordinary Person — Authority: 107
  Pundit Chris Cilizza pooh-poohed the idea of the “Rise of Independents” in this Washington Post article . Despite the reported increase of Americans self-identifying as independents according to the latest poll results Cilizza decides to throw some rain on independents’ parade by saying: Before we get too ...
  3 weeks ago

• Report from the State Fair: No Longer Grannys State Fair

  
  Bilgrimage — Authority: 428
  My brother and sister-in-law had a gathering yesterday to celebrate a number of things—a new job for my sister-in-law, the Hindu feast of Diwali (they lived a decade in Sri Lanka and have traveled often in India), and the final arrival of crisp, clear fall weather. It was also a local football day, which means ...
  4 weeks ago

• Why isn’t Rush happy?: Limbaugh inadvertently illustrates democracy in action

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 544
  America’s democratic ideal doesn’t work perfectly. Sometimes it doesn’t work at all, and in these cases it feeds our cynicism to the point where we’re tempted to conclude that the very possibility of true freedom is a sham. I know whereof I speak, because there are few people out there more soaked in bile than ...
  4 weeks ago

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