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  • ‘Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Western Civ Has Got to Go’

    ‘Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Western Civ Has Got to Go’5

    On January 15, 1987, Jesse Jackson and around 500 protesters marched down Palm Drive, Stanford University’s grand main entrance, chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, Western Civ has got to go.” They were protesting Stanford University’s introductory humanities program known as “Western Culture.” For Jackson and the protesters, the problem was its lack of “diversity.” The

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  • ‘Happy You Day’: Mother’s Day Cards Go Gender-Neutral in UK

    ‘Happy You Day’: Mother’s Day Cards Go Gender-Neutral in UK0

    A grocery chain in the United Kingdom has drawn media attention for selling gender-neutral Mother’s Day cards to make the day more “transgender inclusive.” Waitrose, an upscale grocery, stocked transgender-friendly cards among its selection for Mother’s Day, which was March 11 in the U.K. Some examples of gender-inclusive card slogans and greetings include: “Happy You

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  • ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’: A biggest lie of 2015

    ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’: A biggest lie of 20150

    The Washington Post has published its annual list of the “biggest Pinocchios of the year” for 2015.  The list is almost entirely composed of politicians of all stripes telling whoppers. No surprise there. What was surprising was the inclusion of the phrase “Hands up, don’t shoot” which was spawned after Michael Brown of Ferguson, MO

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  • ‘Guilt by Accusation’: Torment With No Exit

    ‘Guilt by Accusation’: Torment With No Exit0

    Even hardened veterans of media brawls can stumble. Take Alan Dershowitz’s appearance on “Tooning Out the News,” a new CBS show which features fictional animated news anchors interviewing real personalities. It’s vulgar, insulting and surreal. And there is only one way out – through the dog house. But, somehow, for some inexplicable reason, Dershowitz accepted

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  • ‘Going Big’: White House Says COVID-19 Relief Checks on Way to Americans

    ‘Going Big’: White House Says COVID-19 Relief Checks on Way to Americans0

    To stimulate a flagging economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “going big” by sending out checks directly to Americans. During the daily briefing with the White House’s coronavirus task force, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said more details are coming, but suggested the amount of money in the checks

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  • ‘Get Your Guns, Boys! They’re Robbing the Bank!’

    ‘Get Your Guns, Boys! They’re Robbing the Bank!’0

    If you haven’t heard, the city of San Francisco is setting out to rid itself of terrorism. Domestic terrorism, that is. “Great!” many of us would say. “A city should work hard to keep its citizens safe.” The trouble is, San Francisco has an interesting definition of what constitutes a domestic terrorist. In a recent

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