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19171 [lbo-talk] Brain Drain project -- rank: 1000
Financial Times - February 25, 2005 How to keep women on the path to success By Sylvia Ann Hewlett This year there has been much controversy over "opt-out" women who choose to leave the workforce. By now we have all read a shrill magazine story or watched some talking head bemoaning or celebrating a return to hearth and home. Even the popularity of the TV show Desperate Housewives has been attributed to legions of highly qualified women newly marooned in domesticity. To date, this nois ...
Document Size: 9373
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Sat Feb 26 07:31:20 PST 2005
19172 [lbo-talk] volume -- rank: 1000
Some people are way overposting; please remember the limit is 3 a day.
Document Size: 4613
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 17:02:34 PST 2005
19173 [lbo-talk] Re:The Military, the Church, and the Police -- rank: 1000
snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com wrote: >When such a large percentage of the population doesn't believe in >evolution, something far more systematic is at work and it's a lot >more resistant to change than mere exposure to the right ideas >and/or interest in inquiry. > >I'm just curious as to where that number came from. it's so freakin' low! Gallup. I posted this here a while back. There's a big chunk who believe in intelligent design, which is what some creationists want taugh ...
Document Size: 8481
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 17:01:43 PST 2005
19174 [lbo-talk] Re: polls as scientific form of prayer? -- rank: 1000
frank scott wrote: >"We have a large professional military that regularly bombs and invades >other >countries." > >does it do that of its own volition? No, it follows orders (part of that military culture) from elected leaders. But you probably knew that and just forgot for rhetorical purposes. >were the people who expressed support or confidence for the military in >that poll asked: > >do you support the regular bombing and invading of other countries? We h ...
Document Size: 7988
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 15:42:50 PST 2005
19175 [lbo-talk] The Military, the Church, and the Police -- rank: 1000
Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > > The Bush solution is to give the churches government money to run >> their "moral" church-based welfare services as he cuts back >> traditional gov't services. >> Marta > >However, Mark Chaves' study of religious congregations shows that it is >liberal and progressive congregations, not the conservative ones that are >more likely to pursue government funding of their programs. >http://www.urban.org/Template.cfm?Sec ...
Document Size: 6033
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 15:35:54 PST 2005
19176 [lbo-talk] Re: believing in angels and democrats -- rank: 1000
frank scott wrote: >"Doug asked the question why if a majority of >Americans were anti-war, did so many vote for >Bush. " > >especially when they had such an obvious anti-war choice in >whatsisname... > >how could they be so fucking stupid? How'd you get to be so smart, Frank?
Document Size: 5075
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 15:29:07 PST 2005
19177 [lbo-talk] The Military, the Church, and the Police -- rank: 1000
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >In my view, Doug's belief that most Americans love authoritarian politics I said no such thing. Could you represent your interlocutors' opinions fairly now & then? I said many Americans, and most white evangelicals. Neither of those formulations = "most." > has a more negative political implication than many Americans' >belief in angels, though two beliefs are equally mythical. The thing >is that well educated people like Doug don't recognize t ...
Document Size: 6153
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 11:53:55 PST 2005
19178 [lbo-talk] Wal-Mart unit rejects union -- rank: 1000
Wal-Mart's Colorado Unit Rejects Union NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - news) on Friday said workers at its Colorado tire shop have voted to reject union representation, a step which deals another blow to efforts to unionize at the world's largest retailer. A Wal-Mart statement said tire and lube express associates at its Loveland supercenter voted 17-1 to reject representation by the United Food & Commercial Workers Union.
Document Size: 4984
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 11:36:42 PST 2005
19179 [lbo-talk] The Rapture Index & "white trash" -- rank: 1000
Chuck0 wrote: >This is an important thing that the Left has overlooked--we just >don't do a good job of creating community. Those of us who spend >lots of time trying to create alternative institutions such as >infoshops are berated for being lifesylists. What my critics don't >understand is that I've been operating on a strategy of >counter-insitution-building for the past decade based on my reading >of what the labor movement had available to it a century ago. You >can' ...
Document Size: 6477
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 11:21:51 PST 2005
19180 [lbo-talk] The Military, the Church, and the Police -- rank: 1000
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Where is any evidence that most Americans admire "military culture"? >Is there any poll that asked if respondents admire or despise >"military culture"? I've seen polls that ask if Americans trust or >distrust significant institutions including the military, but that's >a different question than if they admire "military culture." It's pretty hard to separate one's feelings about the military from "military culture." ...
Document Size: 6481
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 11:12:15 PST 2005
19181 [lbo-talk] pot blocks alzheimer's? -- rank: 1000
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4286435.stm> Marijuana may block Alzheimer's The compound may protect the brain The active ingredient in marijuana may stall decline from Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. Scientists showed a synthetic version of the compound may reduce inflammation associated with Alzheimer's and thus help to prevent mental decline. They hope the cannabinoid may be used to developed new drug therapies. The research, by Madrid's Complutense University and the Cajal ...
Document Size: 8307
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 10:39:29 PST 2005
19182 [lbo-talk] The Military, the Church, and the Police -- rank: 1000
DSR wrote: >America is choking off the need by Leftists to understand where >common ground can be found, e.g., Yoshie's citations regarding >similar economic concerns among evangelicals and leftists. A lot of which may be reflecting the opinions of black evangelicals - but that aside, while there may be common ground on "economic concerns," the solutions are likely to be different: church/private charity vs. state action. As Esther Kaplan wrote in her study of the Christian ri ...
Document Size: 5331
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 09:07:21 PST 2005
19183 [lbo-talk] The Military, the Church, and the Police -- rank: 1000
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >If the military paid little to nothing and gave little to no >benefits, few Americans would love it, and fewer still would join it >voluntarily. Joining it is one thing; admiring military culture is another. Yoshie, you live in Columbus, Ohio, a city known among marketers as an almost-perfect experimental cross-section of the U.S. population. How can you miss these things? Doug
Document Size: 5073
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 08:21:31 PST 2005
19184 [lbo-talk] UFPJ Leadership Funks Out -- rank: 1000
martin wrote: >On Feb 25, 2005, at 7:06 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>So why aren't they joining the antiwar movement? >> > >Could it be, as Carrol suggests, that they don't know it exists? No. Doug
Document Size: 4816
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 08:05:07 PST 2005
19185 [lbo-talk] Eric, Bruce, & Bill -- rank: 1000
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=90&e=6&u=/ep/20050222/en_bpiep/altermanjournalismobsessedbycrap> In answer to a question about presidential speechwriters, ["media commentator and historian" Eric] Alterman revealed he once wrote a speech for President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) -- a one-minute talk for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "I did it because I wanted Bill Clinton to refer to Bruce Springsteen (news) as 'The Man.' And he did, I got B ...
Document Size: 5477
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Feb 25 07:30:26 PST 2005
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