Debating Newt Gingrich and The Treason of the Intellectuals
Deborah Mathis imagines Newt Gingrich reading Julien Benda’s The Treason of the Intellectuals and confronting a chorus of dead European thinkers. The fantasy links Benda’s warnings on elite bias to modern American politics including welfare reform and race and gender debates, urging intellectual accountability.
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UNC Chapel Hill shooting spree leaves two dead
A law student fired at random on a downtown street near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill killing a student and a bicyclist and wounding at least two others. Wendell Williamson, 26, was charged with two counts of murder after the rampage ended when he was shot in the legs and tackled by a bystander.
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Brain wiring differs by gender in emotional responses
University of Pennsylvania researchers led by Ruben Gur report brain scans show men have greater activity in regions controlling action oriented responses, while women show more activity in symbolic emotional regions. The study in Science notes the brains are identical except for these emotional processing areas.
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Owner of Pups Buried Alive Faces Charges
Robert Huminghous, 41, of Oakland Park Florida, was arrested on three felony counts of aggravated animal abuse and six counts of animal abandonment for uncovering newborn puppies buried alive. Nine puppies were found alive. three died, the others survived in good condition.
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