April 2009
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Open discussion question: which one current rock n’ roll band or artist do you feel you absolutely need to see perform live and why?
There’s a great discussion of this question on Facebook, which you can find now if you’re my friend. If you’re not, you should ask yourself why not. Another option is to check Twitter…but that’s trickier as they all came in as...
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Taught Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” tonight; talked about connecting mercy and justice. Portia’s speech is great, but is she right?
There’s an interesting discussion of this question on Facebook. A couple of my graduate students went a few rounds on it, made even more interesting because one is working on a specialization in the Human Rights and Human Diversity...
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Today, Nebraska Senate Judiciary Committee advanced LB 36, which - if passed - would change state’s method of execution to lethal injection.
If you care about this - and you should - check the note that I wrote a couple of days ago on Facebook. Or, if you want something even easier (especially if you’re a Nebraskan), check out http://www.nadp.net for action you can take to let your...
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Open discussion question: if you were making Star Wars prequels, ignoring the ones that were made (if you want), what story would you tell?