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...course there are legitimate arguments and concerns behind these statements. But the valid issues are obscured by name-calling and disrespect. When people shout over their opponents, or throw around words like “racist,” “homophobic,” or “anti-Semitic” without strong evidence, they not only insult those they attack, they discredit themselves. They appear irrational and closed to discussion, thereby killing any chance of people engaging in any meaningful or intelligent debate...
...Dallas would like you to know that it has changed too. The Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau operates a website proclaiming that "Dallas truly is the most liberal city in Texas!" It's wild exaggeration--Austin, home of the main UT campus and the D.A. prosecuting Tom DeLay, has valid claim to the title--but Democrats now occupy not only the Dallas mayor's office and most city-council seats (which are only technically nonpartisan) but also 57 of 84 offices in sprawling, once right-wing Dallas County...
...last meeting this term to more competitive elections and more convenient e-mail addresses yesterday. Originally scheduled as an end-of-term celebration, the UC had some final business to finish after attendance at Sunday’s meeting dipped below what was needed to conduct a valid vote. Initially considered on Sunday, the first piece of legislation considered yesterday will provide for 10 allocations of up to $50 each to student groups willing to host study breaks that would distribute information about the UC in a bid to draw more candidates for elections. The sessions will be required...
Yale’s Executive Committee only formally convenes for a hearing under two conditions: when the student being reviewed does not agree that the charge is valid or in cases—such as sexual assault—that affect the entire community...
...pretend to know all the answers—as he puts it, “I don’t think one can truly prove anything in philosophy; I think one can merely try to convince”—but his arguments are always valid and persuasive.The book has been edited and reworked with great care, so much that an anecdote in the middle of the book can begin, “While I was working on the last few chapters of ‘I Am a Strange Loop’...”. Hofstadter originally expected...