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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
America's Unknown & Forgotten Eugenics Program by Edward Rhymes
"To understand why eugenics gained such a following in the first three decades of the 20th century, one needs to examine the economic, social, and political context in which it flourished. Science, or what is claimed to be science, is a product of culture like any other human activity." - Dr. Garland E. Allen (Professor of Biology - Washington University)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Come Let Us Reason Together: Effective Argumentation by Edward Rhymes
I've been thinking a great deal about the use of argument, or the lack thereof, in our current political debates. It appears, in my opinion, that there is a certain level of logic and reason that is absent from our dialogues and discussions. It is for that purpose that I dug up an outline that I used to give to my students at the beginning of each semester.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Death, Bribes, Cheating & Bankruptcy: What Healthcare Reform Isn't by Edward Rhymes
As the Senate is hashing over some 500 or more amendments to the healthcare bills that have been presented by the various committees, I believe that it is important to realize where we are currently as it pertains to healthcare in America.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Caucasian Please! America's True Double Standard For Misogyny & Racism
In "Caucasian Please! America's True Double Standard for Misogyny and Racism" (Black Agenda Report, April 18, 2007), Dr. Edward Rhymes wrote a scathing critique of the corporate media's continued "attempt to divert attention from long-established institutional sexism, in order to depict Black youth culture as the vector of the disease."
