Arab Spring Arrives Late in Israel

Source: Israelis march for lower living costsSource: 250,000 Protest Cost of Living in Israel “We know that we cannot achieve everything,” Itzik Shmuly, the chairman of the National Union of Students, acknowledged from the podium in Tel Aviv. “But...

Posted by mistersquid on August 8, 2011 7:37 AM

Speaking of Flying

The powers-that-be of the United States are having a difficult time understanding the Fourth Amendment. The problems with universal, arbitrary searches are manifold, and present surveillance techniques at US airports are not specific enough for the dangers they ostensibly...

Posted by mistersquid on November 17, 2010 7:42 AM

Rabble, Roused

Friday, 30 September 2007, on Ohio University's College Green, a number of concerned faculty and students raised community awareness regarding the racist sentiments expressed in Chris Yonker's recent editorial for The Post. At one point, two young men drove by...

Posted by mistersquid on September 30, 2007 9:48 PM

Tommy Sweatshop

At my undergraduate alma mater, USC, the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation (SCALE) staged a knit-in on the steps of the Pertusati University Bookstore. Lori White, associate vice president for Student Affairs, asked the students to relocate to Hahn plaza...

Posted by mistersquid on February 9, 2007 7:57 AM

A Game of Love

I was reminded of Freud’s observations of a well-behaved eighteen-month-old child 1 whohad an occasional disturbing habit of taking any small objects he could get hold of and throwing them away from him into a corner, under the bed, and...

Posted by mistersquid on December 6, 2006 9:42 AM