Week of October 21, 2013
#1
Kennedy, the Elusive President Was Kennedy really a great president? NEW YORK TIMES |
#2
Who Earns More: Professor or Fry Cook? The professor beats out the fry cook -- barely. CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
#3 U.S. Government Secrecy Making Historical Research Difficult By redacting all documents, no matter how benign, the government is throwing its past down the memory hole. AL JAZEERA AMERICA |
#4 Chris Christie Ahead of the GOP Curve on Same-Sex Marriage Even among Republicans, the progress on same-sex marriage has been rapid. CNN |
#5 Recalibrating the Poverty Line For its 50th anniversary, the poverty line calculation should be rejiggered to reflect reality. LOS ANGELES TIMES |
#6
How to Claim a Continent Sovereignty claims as used by Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and a host of lesser known explorers, adventurers and settlers. THE ATLANTIC |
#7 The Founding Fathers Vacillated on Government Snooping, Too James Madison went back and forth over how security should inflect the powers we invest in government. THE NEW REPUBLIC |
#8 Remembering The Invasion of Grenada 30 Years On Thirty years ago, the U.S. launched Operation Urgent Fury to liberate Grenada from its Marxist-Leninist regime. THE DAILY BEAST |
#9 Where Have All the Geniuses Gone? The term has become generic, and all but banished from academe. CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
#10 The Killing of Trayvon Martin in Historical Perspective Why did African Americans and white Americans view the Trayvon Martin killing so differently? OSU ORIGINS |