Debate Magazine

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• Herman Cain and Niggerhead

  

  I don’t blog on weekends much.  In order to maintain some semblance of sanity, I can’t work all the time.  In keeping with this effort, I was out of the... Read more

  The 03 October 2011 by   Ceemac126
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• Is Suffrage for Saudi Women Justice, Or Just Words?

  

  In a society where women can’t leave the house without their faces covered and aren’t allowed to drive, how much does the right to vote really mean? Global... Read more

  The 03 October 2011 by   Juliez
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• Miss, Mrs and Mr

  

  There currently is a debate in France about the use of the term “mademoiselle” (Miss). Feminists, backed by the famous movement “Osez le Féminisme“, claim it... Read more

  The 29 September 2011 by   Erikalust
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• Troubled Grandeur in This View of Life

  

  In the celebrated closing of the Origin of Species, Darwin hits his lyrical stride with a paradox: Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the... Read more

  The 28 September 2011 by   Cris
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• Computers SEE What Humans Are Thinking? Well, Maybe...

  Scientists, for the first time ever, used brain imaging to determined what moving images a person is seeing. What enabled this breakthrough was a brain imaging... Read more

  The 23 September 2011 by   Freeplanet
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• Hold On. Are The Kardashians Feminists?

  

  The Kardashians I’m the first to admit it: I’ve got a soft spot for Keeping up with the Kardashians and all their spinoffs. Who can resist them? That’s right,... Read more

  The 21 September 2011 by   Juliez
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• Pick Yourself

  

  Many years ago, I was living in Seattle and looking for a new place to live. I searched the rooms-for-rent section of the newspaper and got busy making calls an... Read more

  The 21 September 2011 by   Stevemiranda
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• Capital Punishment in America is Arbitrary and Racist

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto Capital punishment is prominent in the news right now. Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is running for the Republican nomination... Read more

  The 21 September 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• Can America Trust President Obama on National Security?

  In view of the incoming presidential election, it is time that we graded his foreign policy. At this stage, American voters are preoccupied with domestic... Read more

  The 20 September 2011 by   Shahalexander
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• Today’s Word: Queejuss (from the Archives)

  

  A student approached me one day during lunch and said, “Mr. Miranda, I’m wondering if you can do me a favor.” “Maybe. What is it?” “My friend just called and... Read more

  The 20 September 2011 by   Stevemiranda
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