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UCLA Students Take On Anti-Semitism, But Are They Doing Enough?

UCLA Students Take On Anti-Semitism, But Are They Doing Enough?

by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 17, 2015 | Politics

Amy Lutz of Young America’s Foundation writes, …Unfortunately, this appears to be a case of a university playing lip service to tolerance while members of its community promote actions that could arguably fuel intolerance. UCLA is just one of several...
Peter Hitchens’ Diagnosis of “Selfism” in the West

Peter Hitchens’ Diagnosis of “Selfism” in the West

by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 17, 2015 | Politics, World Views

The journalist and Christian younger brother of the late polemical atheist Christopher Hitchens observed in an interview with Larry Taunton of Fixed Point Foundation that the appeal of “new atheist” literature and agendas is due to people (particularly the...

Updates, Dawkins-Watson article recap, Mendelian experiments, the usual

by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 27, 2011 | Journal, Literary Projects, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

It has been quite awhile since I made a blog post categorized under the “Journal” label. In an effort to be professional and not fill the blogosphere with personalized, sentimental clutter that once characterized the silly blog posts of my teen years, I...

Out Educate: School and the State of the Union (PART II)

by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 13, 2011 | Literary Projects, Politics, The Washington Times Communities

During the rather miserable halftime show of Super Bowl XLV, Will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas ad-libbed the following message to President Obama in the middle of “Where is the Love?” lyrics: “In America we need to get things straight / Obama, let’s get...

Bad science and its moral pretensions: The case of James J. Lee

by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 11, 2010 | The Washington Times Communities, World Views

A disturbing aspect of James J. Lee’s case is that his quest was logical according to respected — albeit false — premises. This month began with a scare at Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Md.  Armed with a gun and explosives,...
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