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  • May 2008
    • At Lefty U., Plans for Right-Wing Chair

      At Lefty U., Plans for Right-Wing Chair

      (Newser) - Here’s a recipe for controversy: Take one of the nation’s most liberal schools—the University of Colorado at Boulder—and make it the home of the nation’s first endowed chair for Conservative Thought and Policy. The school’s Republican chancellor tells the Wall Street Journal the campus needs “intellectual diversity” alongside offerings on gay literature and Chicano studies. Critics, predictably, are legion—right and left. More »

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      conservative   academia   George Will   University of Colorado   political science

  • March 2007
    • Left Coast Democrats Lead in Nanny Laws

      Left Coast Democrats Lead in Nanny Laws

      (Newser) - Smoking, trans fat and auto emissions are only the beginning: A group of California legislators is agitating for measures regulating everything from having your pet neutered to changing your light bulbs. They're called "nanny laws," and poli-sci types say they're a product of prosperity. It's "post materialist," says Bruce Cain, a political scientist at UC Berkeley. Such measures are about quality of life, not survival, he says. More »

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      California   Democrats   smoking ban   UC Berkeley   California legislature   nanny laws   political science

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