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Annals of the Security State: More Airplane Stories DHS

Annals of the Security State: More Airplane Stories

"My dad fought a war so this can never happen in America. I will not dishonor my father's memory by giving up what he fought for. No, sir. With all due respect, I will not consent to a search without a proper warrant."

The Myth of the Crack Baby The New York Times

The Myth of the Crack Baby

When pregnant drug addicts went to court for being pregnant and drug addicts

Signing Off CBS News

Signing Off

I'm not going to rehearse the manifold victories of Goldblog, or wallow in its setbacks.

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Annals of the Security State, Gabriel Silverstein Division Gabriel Silverstein

Annals of the Security State, Gabriel Silverstein Division

We all notice the parts of security-overreach that affect us.

The Social Construction of Race

The Social Construction of Race

Two more posts on the topic that are worth reading

The Cardinal and the Prime Minister Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters

The Cardinal and the Prime Minister

Cardinal O'Malley's boycott over a commencement speaker's pro-choice position exposes inconsistencies in the way the Catholic Church is responding to those who break with its teachings.

What Commencement Speeches Leave Out Reuters

What Commencement Speeches Leave Out

Want to change the world? En route to curing cancer, how about remembering to vote and go to jury duty?

Why Private Schools Are Dying Out Jim Young/Reuters

Why Private Schools Are Dying Out

A few elite institutions at both the grade-school and college levels are doing better than ever. But their health conceals the collapse of private-sector options in the U.S.

A Catch for Undocumented Immigrants in Recent Reforms Mary Altaffer/AP

A Catch for Undocumented Immigrants in Recent Reforms

Years of hiding mean squeaky-clean youths out of school don't have the paper trail to prove they've been in the U.S.. Those with infractions on their records can be better off.

Why High Schools Should Treat Computer Programming Like Algebra Reuters

Why High Schools Should Treat Computer Programming Like Algebra

And 5 other cool ideas from The Atlantic's Technologies In Education Forum.

Why People Keep Misunderstanding the 'Connection' Between Race and IQ Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters

Why People Keep Misunderstanding the 'Connection' Between Race and IQ

Jason Richwine's IQ-based argument that American Hispanics are less intelligent than native-born whites has been called racist. It's also wrong.

To Stop Overreaches Like the AP Debacle, Congress Must Step Up Adrees Latif/Reuters

To Stop Overreaches Like the AP Debacle, Congress Must Step Up

The judiciary can't fix this: The Supreme Court has a poor track record protecting journalists from the government.

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