Monthly Archives: February 2011

Political Theory – Habermas and Rawls: Review of Ingram’s introduction to Habermas

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UW-L faculty says yes to union

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse faculty members Thursday approved forming a union, despite the prospect that state action soon could take away any collective bargaining rights gained from the move. The faculty voted 249-37 to organize as part of the American … Continue reading

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With unpaid overtime, we’re giving our employers £29bn worth of free labour | Richard Seymour | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

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ThinkProgress » FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Called Union Membership ‘One Of The Most Elemental Human Rights’

FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Called Union Membership ‘One Of The Most Elemental Human Rights’ As the Main Street Movement of students, workers, and other middle class Americans erupts across America, many conservatives have invoked the legacy of former president Ronald Reagan … Continue reading

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Where are the jobs? The real numbers are in – 13 WTHR

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Daniels talks candidly about his faith

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Cockeyed Platonist and Governor Mitch Daniels: A Platonic Political Romance

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/opinion/25brooks.html?_r=1&hp Cockeyed Platonist (CP) makes a bold statement in his latest column in The New York Times, a U.S. Government subsidiary. It deserves a full quotation: ‘Daniels’s Conservative Political Action Conference speech had a serious and weighty tone. He spoke … Continue reading

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The Good Doctor and the Failure of Geography

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/24/AR2011022406520.html The Good Doctor (TGD) is an adept at the production of manufactured political hysteria and we have his latest column as the printed actuality, paper or electronic, an artifact of his gift of  ‘political commentary’. Not the Olympian thought … Continue reading

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PostPartisan – Krauthammer falls for the Paul Ryan ruse

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“government employees sowing disorder”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/21/AR2011022103190.html Monday, February 21, 2011 Madison, Wisconsin The Great Will (TGW) is in panic mode, The Public Sector Unions are on the move and it cannot bode well for the political fortunes of Scott Walker, pretender to the mantle of … Continue reading

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