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...then, does Althouse defend her groundless claim? The day after her blog post, Althouse crafted this egg-headed explanation of how comparisons of Jindal to country boy Kenneth Parcell of NBC’s 30 Rock were racial: “Instinctively repainting [Jindal] white is—I would say—presumptively racial. To strip away his racial identity—to stereotype him as an especially white white man—is a powerful racial move...
...President's decision does much more than expand funding for stem-cell research. It heralds a shift in the government's view of science, ushering in an era in which it promises to defend science - and the pursuit of useful treatments - against ideology. "It is about ensuring that scientific data [are] never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology," Obama said in his opening statement...
...20th-ranked Harvard men’s swimming and diving team traveled to the 2009 Ivy League Championships at Princeton’s DeNunzio Pool this past weekend to defend its title as Ivy League Champions. They would face tough competition from the hometown Tigers, and despite strong performances from the Crimson, Harvard would have to settle for second place. Crimson junior swimmer Alex Meyer, certainly exhausted by the final stretch of the long and grueling men’s 1650-meter freestyle, pushed past his limits in order to out-touch his main opponent, Princeton sophomore Patrick Briggs, edging...
...race has predictably drawn fire from animal rights groups like PETA and the ASPCA, attention that only worsened after veteran musher Ramy Brooks was given a two-year ban in 2007 for abusing his dogs. But most Alaskans steadfastly defend the event as a celebration of the state's heritage. This year, the greatest threats posed to the race come from other directions. A heavy snow recently blanketed parts of the Alaska, burying the trail in deep drifts and forcing mushers to break out their snowshoes. And just as it has in the Lower 48 states, the economy has cast...
...Brandi Gordon.“She’s changing our swings a lot, but we’re hitting the ball so hard now,” Vertovez says. “It’s really exciting.”And without the pressure of having to defend the Ivy League title, Allard believes that her seasoned squad has the confidence and maturity to control its own destiny.“Our focus this year isn’t necessarily on who we’re playing and what they’re doing—it?...