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...Gets Politicized. Former Corporation for Public Broadcasting chief Kenneth Tomlinson forced right-wing viewpoints onto the public network, in an effort to balance supposed liberal bias, in particular that of NOW with Bill Moyers. It would have been a more convincing argument if Moyers had not left the show months before. This clumsy partisan meddling-from the head of the very body meant to shield public broadcasting from political influence...
...love laptops. I never stray too far without mine, an HP Pavilion dv1000. I bring up my bias because, for $350, the Nokia 770 will do almost everything you'd want a laptop to do-download music, browe the web, send e-mail and much more. And at just over 8 ounces, it's a lot easier to carry around...
...Simon’s comments and ignorance are not merely his own but are symptomatic of a larger bias that exists in this community and other elite academic institutions. It is this growing prejudice that has led to the massive growth of a military/non-military divide in America, one which threatens our military and our democracy. Irresponsible comments characterizing the military as poor and uneducated only further this divide...
...Defining Moments,” the ten-year National Football League (NFL) veteran spoke to almost 100 students about the various turning points on the road to becoming a three-time Super Bowl Champion. “Defining moments happen to us all—they have no racial bias, no age bias, no gender bias,” Davis said. According to Davis, defining moments can only be identified by “looking back through the rear-view mirror of your life.” Although religion was a consistent motif in the life of Davis, he believes...
Arguably, the term “homophobia” lacks semantic accuracy when it merely refers to an aversion to gays and lesbians instead of out-and-out fear. The queer rights movement has attempted to introduce more accurate terms—for example, heterosexism, which suggests a bias against queer people similar to the bias that sexism directs toward one sex. “Heteronormativity,” “biphobia,” and “transphobia” have been dismissed as products of a progressive movement with too much time on its collective hands?...