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  • Oct 8, 2010

    Not Equal Opportunity, But Every Opportunity: An Argument For Single-Sex Education

    by Cliopatria

    Picture this. An intelligent and ambitious young woman leaves her home for a women’s college. Upon arrival, she finds a faculty committed to progressive internationalism, free speech, civil rights, feminism and anti-racism. She finds a campus where women are encouraged to pursue careers in the sciences, the arts and to make a difference in public life during an economic crisis of unprecedented proportions. Encountering the women and men on the faculty over the four years of her education, often
  • Oct 8, 2010

    Friday's Notes

    by Cliopatria

    Peter Marshall,"The Daughters of Boudicca," Literary Review, October, reviews Helen Castor's She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth.

    Jerry Brotton,"Heavens Above," Literary Review, October, reviews J. L. Heilbron's Galileo and David Wooton's Galileo: Watcher of the Skies.

    David A. Bell,"

  • Oct 8, 2010

    Week of October 4, 2010

    by Cliopatria

    Roger Cohen

    Not since the Berlin Wall came down had there been such impassioned cries of “Europe! Europe! Europe!” The fact that the chant came on British soil, was inspired by an Ulsterman and paid tribute to a Scot only made the display more extraordinary.

    Louis P. Masur

    The ses

  • Oct 6, 2010

    Ahistorical Generational Narcissism is as American as White Privilege

    by Cliopatria

    Apparently The Village Voicedecided that “White America Has Lost its Mind”:
    As with other forms of dementia, the signs weren't obvious at first. After the 2008 election, when former House majority leader Tom DeLay suggested that instead of a formal inauguration, Barack Obama should"have a nice little chicken dinner, and we'll save the $125 million," black folks didn't miss the implica