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I'm not in favor of censorship, but...: a treasured voice silenced

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I'm not in favor of censorship, but. This is a running log of arguments over free speech – some silly, some funny, some hard - because free speech is all about argument. Being able to speak our mind makes us feel good and it's essential to real democracy and fairness. Yet, in the end, one of the best reasons to keep our speech rights intact is that we miss them when they’re gone. Friday, August 30, 2013. A treasured voice silenced. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A treasured voice silenced.

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More Outspoken: Levinson’s 1st Law of the Marketplace

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About stuff that delights me and stuff that pisses me off (probably more of the latter). Thursday, October 31, 2013. Levinson’s 1st Law of the Marketplace. Good stuff gets replaced by crap. Not long after, a backlash offers good stuff as an alternative to crap – usually at a higher price for consumers who like to think they have discovered something new. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Levinson’s 1st Law of the Marketplace. Some sites of note. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com.

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More Outspoken: The Sad Pleasures of Travel

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About stuff that delights me and stuff that pisses me off (probably more of the latter). Friday, July 26, 2013. The Sad Pleasures of Travel. Cartoon by Edward Gorey. Later on, I pinned a map to a wall and drew a red line along the routes I had traveled: Europe, the Andes, India and Nepal; for some reason, I didn’t chronicle the U.S. or Canada. Then I realized that all I had seen was what was on either side of that line, and that made me too sad to continue. And why not, really? I went through a sixties g...

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More Outspoken: October 2013

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About stuff that delights me and stuff that pisses me off (probably more of the latter). Thursday, October 31, 2013. Levinson’s 1st Law of the Marketplace. Good stuff gets replaced by crap. Not long after, a backlash offers good stuff as an alternative to crap – usually at a higher price for consumers who like to think they have discovered something new. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Levinson’s 1st Law of the Marketplace. Some sites of note. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com.

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More Outspoken: deja vu all over again

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About stuff that delights me and stuff that pisses me off (probably more of the latter). Friday, August 30, 2013. Deja vu all over again. But, still, don't they ever goddamn learn? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Deja vu all over again. Whats good for the union? Um, maybe there are better forms of protection? Some sites of note. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com. Truth Commission on Conscience in War. I'm not in favor of censorship, but. OUTSPOKEN: Free Speech Stories.

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More Outspoken: Americans think the wars weren't such a good idea

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About stuff that delights me and stuff that pisses me off (probably more of the latter). Saturday, August 2, 2014. Americans think the wars weren't such a good idea. That's the latest insight from an AP poll. It only took a decade, 60,277 tallied Iraqi lives, around 20,000 Afghan lives, 6800 American lives, and god knows how much money. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Americans think the wars werent such a good idea. Some sites of note. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com.

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More Outspoken: slow learning curve

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About stuff that delights me and stuff that pisses me off (probably more of the latter). Friday, August 30, 2013. When protests erupted in Istanbul at the end of May and police forces reacted with a sledgehammer response that was both brutal and unnecessary, my husband asked, "Don't they ever learn? The mess in Turkey has been followed in quick succession by the crackdown in Libya, the coup and resulting slaughter in Egypt, the rigged trial of Bradley Manning (which would have been much worse had the mil...

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More Outspoken: July 2014

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About stuff that delights me and stuff that pisses me off (probably more of the latter). Monday, July 14, 2014. Another voice gone, already missed. Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014), a wise voice, presence and conscience for many years a writer of memorable stories. RIP, since she didn't appear to rest or encounter much peace in her lifetime. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Another voice gone, already missed. Some sites of note. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com.

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More Outspoken: it's time part-time

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About stuff that delights me and stuff that pisses me off (probably more of the latter). Friday, July 19, 2013. About the plight - and burgeoning fight - of part-time college faculty in The Nation. The comments seem to get hung up, as these things do, on how many women are asked to dance on the head of a pin and loses the focus: that part-timers are generally underpaid (academia is heavy-duty don't ask, don't tell when it comes to who makes how much), overworked, and underappreciated. So it seems like a ...