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The ChronicleHerald.ca in Canada, reports that one school has accepted student objections and stopped using Turnitin.com, which is a program/database for detecting plagiarism. I use this software and Tulane subscribes to it. I think it is excellent and the objections raised, as explained in the story at least, are weak. […]

Tyler William’s has an excellent (and humorous) blog on Hebrew tattoos with errors and all. The first “wrong” is אליהם with the final letter being a samech. One of Tyler’s respondents suggested that it was a mem in Rashi script, but if that is the case why are the other […]

This is a news alert I received from Inside Higher Ed but it does not appear to be on their website yet. It is significant that Alito was not involved in that his arguments for joining the Princeton group (CAP) was that the group fought to allow ROTC back on […]

From TUAW: Apple rewards college-bound seniors Dave Caolo Attention, college-bound high school seniors: Apple is currently looking for 10 recipients of its scholarship program. The students who demonstrate the most innovative use of technology in academics will receive $2,000 (which should just about cover your books, actually), plus a MacBook […]

George Barisich, president of the United Commercial Fisherman’s Association, has been selling anti-FEMA T-shirts since last fall, a reflection of his frustration with the federal government’s response to the storm that left him homeless and unemployed. But on Feb. 1, when he handed a shirt to a fellow Katrina victim […]

It isn’t just Bush. LONDON, March 3 — Prime Minister Tony Blair has indicated that God influenced his deliberations when he committed British troops to fight alongside American forces in Iraq. But the quotes included in the article aren’t clear about what Blair said or might have meant (or at […]

With God on Our Side? Lead in: The right-wing hijacking of the role of religion in our political discourse is as undeniable as it is inappropriate. Eric Alterman explains the media’s willful ignorance on the subject and why the disconnect on religion is one of liberalism’s most serious problems. Actually, […]

David sent me an email to tell me of his blogBalashon. It looks as if it has been around for a while, but it is new to me!

I have not yet figured out how to get it in the banner, so for now it is my Profile picture. Here, in all its glory, is Targuman! Thanks again to The Man, Len Ford for the logo!