June 28 2007 history notes and biographical list
On this day in history 1914 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked World War I. 1918 Treaty of Versailles signed. 2004 U S led coalition transferred sovereignty to interim Iraqi. Notable names include Peter Paul Rubens Jean-Jacques Rousseau Joseph Joachim Richard Rodgers Brooks.
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Franz Ferdinand
Austria
Rag
Peter Paul Rubens
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Joseph Joachim
New Atheists Face Scrutiny From Critics and Biographers
The piece surveys Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins as leading figures of the so called new atheists. It notes Hitchens childhood in Portsmouth and Dawkins Oxford education while contrasting faith and science. Critics like Alister McGrath challenge Dawkins on reason and faith. The article argues atheism lacks intellectual depth and deserves better advocacy.
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Christopher Hitchens
Vanity Pair
The
New Yorker
Richard Dawkins
Oxford University
Hitchens
Portsmouth
England
Dawkins
Balliol College
Oxford
Alister McGrath
McGrath
St. Augustine
Mark Hitchens
Cash advance critics mischaracterize industry claims
David Davis of Check n Go argues against Policy Matters Ohio and Housing Research & Advocacy Center, defending cash advances as a needed, regulated credit option. He notes Ohio caps fees at 15 dollars per 100 and rejects a 36 percent APR cap, saying stricter limits would push customers to costlier alternatives and hurt consumer education efforts.
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Policy Matters
Ohio and Housing Research & Advocacy Center
Cash Advance
Georgetown University
Ohio
Colleges Resist U.S. News Rankings Amid Censorship Push
Samuelson argues 46 liberal arts colleges refuse part of the U S News annual survey, aiming to suppress data they deem misleading. He notes elite admission pressures, the modest impact of rankings on outcomes, and the paradox of anti intellectual soft censorship by college leaders.
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U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News
Barnard
Kenyon
David Hawkins
National Association of College Admission Counseling
Higher Education Research Institute
UCLA
U.S
America
Amherst
Podunk
Howard
Mary
Harvard
Williams
Swarthmore
Carleton College
Minnesota
Pomona College
California
Davidson College
North Carolina
Brian Kelly
Newsweek
Dickinson
Sarah Lawrence
Earlham
Time
Princeton Review
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Richard Rodgers
Brooks
Mike Tyson
Evander Jenaaine Gade
Mel Brooks
Garry Trudeau
Atheists
David C. Steinmetz
Amos Ragan Kearns
David Davis
Check 'N Go
Mason
Robert Samuelson
Samuelson
Washington Post
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