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This is how the loyal opposition acts in time of war

Okay, I’m really going to stick my neck on the chopping block here. I’m going to tell you exactly how I feel about Noam Chomsky — not as a political gadfly, but an academic. I have no respect for Chomsky. For those of you who don’t know, Chomsky has even more status in his field […]

I think it needs to be said that forty years of research, even flawed research, is not meaningless. The data are the data. I spent much of my PhD coursework doing empirical analyses of previous mentalist research. I was able to do this because the data were collected carefully, the methodologies were sound, and the […]

Apparently, the NYT noticed that they had correctly reported on the state of the economy, thereby not bashing the Administration (that was three days after they had said the exact opposite, bashing the Administration), and well, elite crusading left-wing journalists can’t allow that, so they have reverted, contradicting themselves yet again.
The NYT, the paper for […]

First, he sponsored the national carry law in the Senate. Now, he stands up and demands that Rice revoke Khatani’s visa:
In an open letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Virginia Senator George Allen courageously challenges the State Department to rescind the visa it has granted to former Iranian President Khatami.
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Senator […]

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Beyond parody:
The reality-based community at Daily Kos is up […]

Here’s a hint for liberal prosecutors on liberal witch hunts everywhere. When the NYT turns on you and questions your motives in your liberal witch hunts, it’s time to pack it up and slink away with your tail between your legs.

And they are all to be found on Intellectual Conservative, in “Off to the Races: The Perplexing Politics of Political Correctness” (zingers are in bold):
A few years ago the newly-elected mayor of Washington, DC had to dismiss a member of his staff for using a racial slur in a policy-planning session. The white Caucasian […]

I had to grab this picture from Elephants in Academia:

Originally published on November 4 and 5, 2005
Mainstream, Moderate, Independent, Extremist: Blasting the Myth
One game liberals play is to move the goalposts by changing what words mean. They do this all the time, but those I’m concerned with here are terms that identify where you fall on the political spectrum. With the Democrats shifting further […]

If you’re not interested in the issues (yes, with political implications, at least in some cases) of academic research, you probably want to skip this. Just sayin, you know.
The field discussed here, Second Language Acquisition (SLA), is a split-personality field. It didn’t exist until Chomsky (yes, that Chomsky), so it is a field monopolized by […]