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Monthly Archives April 2008

Being Christian

Let’s be clear here: The church has been the primary source of the oppressions that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people have experienced through out their lives. Just as Scripture was used to justify slavery as recently as 150 years ago, just as Scripture was used to keep women out of leadership positions in the [...]

Posted 21 April 2008 † Ray Watkins § Autobiographical § Language § Online Places § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

Top Intellectual Property Developments of 2007 for Scholars of Composition, Rhetoric, and Communication

Introduction
Clancy Ratliff, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Co-Chair, 2008 CCCC Intellectual Property Caucus
The year 2007 carried quite a few key developments for those who follow issues and debates related to copyright and intellectual property. For the third year running, then, the CCCC Intellectual Property Committee is pleased to publish this annual report in the service of [...]

Posted 18 April 2008 † Ray Watkins § Autobiographical § Composition § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

Hip Hip Violin And DJ

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Posted 16 April 2008 † Ray Watkins § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

The Law of Unintended Consequences

MANILA, April 11 — More than anywhere else in Asia, the soaring price of rice has become a good-vs.-evil drama in the Philippines, one of the world’s largest importers of rice.
Traders who fiddle with the price of the nation’s all-important staple now face life in prison. Police are raiding warehouses in search of hoarders. Soldiers [...]

Posted 14 April 2008 † Ray Watkins § Autobiographical § Economics § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °