[SJackson]

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[goldstategop]

Bravo to Daniel Pipes! He actually managed to put a dent in the puerile atmosphere that pervades our campii. The work though is far from over.

[wideawake]

I wonder if Mr. Card actually learned a lesson, took a step back and realized what evil he was teaching.

[Happy2BMe]

Daniel Pipes - ping.

(His career being 'threatened' by the ROP!)

Folks, the ROP is right on schedule, right here, right now.

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A few weeks after the article appeared, Card contacted me to protest this depiction, saying it caused him “great pain” and damaged his personal and professional reputation.

He warned me that failing publicly to retract and apologize for this passage “would end up causing more damage to your own professional career than my own.”

My reply was terse: “I note your threat to do damage to my career. On principle, I do not communicate with someone who attempts to intimidate me.”

[Convert from ECUSA]

Cheers for Daniel Pipes!

[MissAmericanPie]

Daniel Pipes is one smart man.

[spodefly]

BTTT

[Racehorse]

In one of her very first columns, a local writer titled an article, Nominee for institute of peace has a history of hate (San Antonio Express-News, May 31, 2003).

Among other unflattering things, she wrote:  "His own words indict him. In July 2001, he wrote in the Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs, 'The Palestinians are a miserable people . . . and deserve to be.'"

The only problem is, Daniel Pipes never wrote such an article for WRMEA.  There was an article written about him in which the writer claimed he made those remarks at an appearance somewhere . . . in Colorado, I think.

To evaluate our local commentator's future credibility and fact-checking reliability, I searched the WRMEA website for all articles written during July 2001 and 2002.  All I found was a letter to the editor, several months later, challenging the reporter's account.  Needless to say, I give our local writer low marks and read her, when I read her, for entertainment.

The real point . . . a sad one . . . is that Pipes is a target and lightning rod.  It does not matter what he says, only what the Islamists say he says.

[jan in Colorado]

Daniel Pipes ping

[monday]

"Freedom of speech, I am pleased to report, is still robust in these United States."


CHEERS

[ppaul]

.....a certain Douglas Card, adjunct professor at the University of Oregon.

RDDB in a hotbed of RDDB's?

Douglas Card email Doug

Doug grew up in Oregon and has lived in Coos Bay, Eugene, Roseburg and Medford. He completed his undergraduate studies at Willamette University, Salem, OR and his PhD at the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR in sociology. Doug is currently an Adjunct Professor at the UO in the Sociology Department specializing in social history and American Society. His past work includes teaching sociology at the following educational institutions: Lane Community College, Eugene, OR Linn-Benton Community College, Corvallis, OR & Albany, OR Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR Ohio State University, Columbus, OH United States International University, San Diego, CA Doug is very active in the community and has been the Chairman of Lane Applegate Trail Committee and the Co-Chair of the McNail-Riley House Rehabilitation Committee. He has been active in Eugene Historic Preservation Week for 12 years, developed historic dramatization of Eugene History for the Eugene Celebration, led walking tours, directed videotaping of local historical events and has been a consultant to the City of Eugene on historic issues. He has also been an Op-ed columnist for The Register-Guard, a guest on the KEZI talkshow Eugene Energy and a contributor to other media in Lane County. He has also written on the history of Coos and Douglas Counties as well. Articles written for eugene.com: skinner city journal, history section

[FBD]

Oregon PING:
Daniel Pipes run-in with a University of Oregon liberal professor:

University of Oregon:
"In a course entitled “Social Inequality,” the sociology department’s Douglas Card reportedly called Israel “a terrorist state” and Israelis “baby-killers” and insisted that students agree with his view that Israel “stole land” on the final exam. One student said Card bashed Israel and Jews “at every opportunity.”

A few weeks after the article appeared, Card contacted me to protest this depiction, saying it caused him “great pain” and damaged his personal and professional reputation. He warned me that failing publicly to retract and apologize for this passage “would end up causing more damage to your own professional career than my own.” My reply was terse: “I note your threat to do damage to my career. On principle, I do not communicate with someone who attempts to intimidate me.”

[Salvation]

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[Cold Heart]

Is this where the term "A CARD carrying communist" came from?