Daily Archives: May 23, 2002

That Harvard graduation jihad controversy

Matt Yglesias has been discussing a brouhaha at Harvard concerning a student who will be speaking at the commencement ceremony on “American Jihad” which “will challenge seniors to apply the concept of the jihad to their lives after graduation”. (See … Continue reading Continue reading

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Maybe he can go work for Andrew Sullivan

From the Newsmakers section of today’s Chron, quoted because the link won’t last past today: Sports columnist fired The New York Post fired sports columnist Wallace Matthews Wednesday after he took his “killed” column critical of the newspaper and another … Continue reading Continue reading

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More dot-connecting

Public Nuisance and Unqualified Offerings have some useful things to say about unconnected dots. There’s plenty of responsibility to go around, but the more I read the less impressed I am by Team Bush’s response, and I wasn’t all that … Continue reading Continue reading

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