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Wendy Kaminer
It’s time to teach them Academic Freedom 101
Students should know better than to oppose the appointment of professors they disagree with. Uniformity of opinion only breeds complacency.
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| Tuesday 30 June 2009 |
Wendy Kaminer
In defence of the right to discriminate
The attempt to force religious groups to embrace gays and non-believers is an intolerable assault on the freedoms of religion, speech and association.
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| Wednesday 22 April 2009 |
Wendy Kaminer
Pass the death sentence on mandatory sentencing
The United States has five per cent of the world’s population yet 25 per cent of the world’s known prison population. What is going on?
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| Wednesday 25 March 2009 |
Wendy Kaminer
The politics of gay marriage
The referendum in California that banned gay marriage raises tortuous questions about the clash between majority rule and minority rights.
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| Thursday 19 February 2009 |
Wendy Kaminer
Beware predatory prosecutors online
Laws ostensibly designed to protect children online are being used to punish them for sexual shenanigans or for ‘harassing’ their teachers.
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| Thursday 15 January 2009 |
Wendy Kaminer
Preachiness at Obama’s inauguration
Wendy Kaminer recalls her run-ins with (and creepy emails from) the right-wing preacher who is giving the invocation at Obama's inauguration.
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| Tuesday 2 December 2008 |
Wendy Kaminer
Why we shouldn’t ban the F-word on American TV
The attempt to punish utterances of the F-word and the S-word on American TV exposes the arbitrary and patronising nature of censorship.
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| Monday 27 October 2008 |
Wendy Kaminer
Liberty and democracy are at stake in this election
Obama may be a pragmatist likely to disappoint liberals, but he will do far more than McCain to undo Bush’s damage to freedom in America.
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| Monday 29 September 2008 |
Wendy Kaminer
Sarah Palin: a campaign built on female chauvinism
In her new column, Wendy Kaminer says the hockey mom has come to bury liberal feminism… and Hillary Clinton provided her with the shovel.
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