Debate Magazine

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• Forgotten Founder: James George Frazer

  

  The standard origins story of cultural anthropology includes two founders: Edward Burnett Tylor (1832-1917) and Henry Lewis Morgan (1818-1881). Unlike most... Read more

  The 19 September 2011 by   Cris
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• ATF’s Fast and Furious Turns Dumb and Ridiculous

  

  In 2009, the ATF (under the leadership of Kenneth E. Melson) took to gun-running in a ridiculous attempt to apprehend Mexican gun traffickers and drug cartel... Read more

  The 17 September 2011 by   Technocowgirl
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• Neolithic Death & Paleolithic Life

  

  It is well known that the modern world religions which trace their origins to the Axial Age are centrally concerned with death. Some might call this concern an... Read more

  The 14 September 2011 by   Cris
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• Observations in Target: Mass Marketing and Young Females

  

  “Mom, look! That’s Rocky and CeCe, from ‘Shake it Up‘! Can I pleeeeease get one of their clothes?” She stands on her tiptoes to reach the highest shelf and... Read more

  The 12 September 2011 by   Juliez
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• Reflections Upon September 11, 2011 from Cairo

  

  Yesterday was September 11. It was the ten year anniversary of that fateful day. I am sure many others are more eloquent on this topic than I am, so I will... Read more

  The 12 September 2011 by   Warigia
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• China as Neolithic Exemplar

  

  The actor David Carradine may have led a troubled life but he experienced no such trouble as Kwai Chang Caine, a Buddhist monk on the move in the old American... Read more

  The 11 September 2011 by   Cris
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• The Fate of Global Jihad a Decade After September 11th

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto. Photo credit: Lowell Gordon Photography This Sunday it will have been ten years since Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network... Read more

  The 10 September 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• Checking In On DSK: Why The Case’s Dismissal Is Bad News For All Of Us

  

  Dominique Strauss-Kahn I’ll admit, I had never heard of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn – or DSK as he’s been dubbed – before this year. I had, however, heard of... Read more

  The 09 September 2011 by   Juliez
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• The Scheduling Circus

  

  Today was one of my favorite days of the school year. It was the first day of what we call the “scheduling circus.” This is when staff and students begin the... Read more

  The 09 September 2011 by   Stevemiranda
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• Black Caucus Members Try to Incite Minority Voters

  

  Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Andre Carson and Maxine Waters are accused of trying to incite minority voters in a last ditch effort to secure... Read more

  The 06 September 2011 by   Technocowgirl
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