Dec 6, 2015 10:04 PM
(This post was last modified: Dec 6, 2015 10:05 PM by C C.)
The Emerging Backlash In Academia
http://blog.simplejustice.us/2015/12/06/...-academia/
EXCERPT: In the face of stories of college administrators and professors caving in to, if not enabling, the infantile demands of unduly sensitive students, there was a gnawing question of whether there were any grown-ups left in the Academy. There are, and even though they are faced with being called words that could destroy their careers, like sexist or racist, they have chosen not to acquiesce or remain silent. The least I can do is applaud their willingness to come forward, to say, “enough,” given that I’ve been critical in the past of professors lacking the courage to call out intellectual dishonesty....
--> "I will not be teaching at Yale in the future," said the lecturer who told students the university didn't need to protect them from Halloween costumes.
Erika Christakis had emailed: "Is there no room anymore for a child or young person to be a little bit obnoxious … a little bit inappropriate or provocative or, yes, offensive?"
Fate of Net Neutrality Up in the Air
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/12/04/fate...n-the-air/
EXCERPT: [...] Earlier this year, the FCC advanced a new set of regulations requiring equal treatment of Internet traffic. It now wants broadband Internet service to be governed by the same Title II regulations used to regulate the phone system. Providers wouldn’t be allowed to selectively slow traffic from websites such as YouTube and Netflix Inc. or offer them fast lanes at a higher price. The rules are intended to prevent broadband carriers from exploiting their considerable market power, but critics say net neutrality will stifle innovation and make Internet content more expensive for consumers. Legally, the issue is whether Congress has given the FCC the authority to impose net neutrality, and the agency has lost that argument twice before the same court, once in 2010 and again in 2014....
http://blog.simplejustice.us/2015/12/06/...-academia/
EXCERPT: In the face of stories of college administrators and professors caving in to, if not enabling, the infantile demands of unduly sensitive students, there was a gnawing question of whether there were any grown-ups left in the Academy. There are, and even though they are faced with being called words that could destroy their careers, like sexist or racist, they have chosen not to acquiesce or remain silent. The least I can do is applaud their willingness to come forward, to say, “enough,” given that I’ve been critical in the past of professors lacking the courage to call out intellectual dishonesty....
--> "I will not be teaching at Yale in the future," said the lecturer who told students the university didn't need to protect them from Halloween costumes.
Erika Christakis had emailed: "Is there no room anymore for a child or young person to be a little bit obnoxious … a little bit inappropriate or provocative or, yes, offensive?"
Fate of Net Neutrality Up in the Air
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/12/04/fate...n-the-air/
EXCERPT: [...] Earlier this year, the FCC advanced a new set of regulations requiring equal treatment of Internet traffic. It now wants broadband Internet service to be governed by the same Title II regulations used to regulate the phone system. Providers wouldn’t be allowed to selectively slow traffic from websites such as YouTube and Netflix Inc. or offer them fast lanes at a higher price. The rules are intended to prevent broadband carriers from exploiting their considerable market power, but critics say net neutrality will stifle innovation and make Internet content more expensive for consumers. Legally, the issue is whether Congress has given the FCC the authority to impose net neutrality, and the agency has lost that argument twice before the same court, once in 2010 and again in 2014....