Intellectual

Is the Teaching Profession Dead?

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Vocation, K-12, Profession, Higher Education, Education Reform, Intellectual, Teachers, Edward Said, Education Policy, Education News
Shaun Johnson

In case you haven't noticed, teachers as a whole are not taken very seriously these days. Teaching as a respected profession has been on life support for quite some time.

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Franketienne: Haiti's First Nobel Laureate - Hopefully

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

As a cultural area studies graduate, seldom do I feel over my head culturally. Standing in the home of possibly the next Nobel Prize recipient for Li...

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A Candid Conversation With Outsell's David Curle

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ramon Nuez

From what I gathered during our interview, the law firm industry is making a fundamental shift. They are modernizing the shop, using social media to engage communities and demonstrate their legal expertise.

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Is Your Professor an Islamophobe?

Abdulrahman El-Sayed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslims, Islam, Hate Speech, Hate, Intellectual, Intellectualism, Xenophobia, American Muslims, Joseph Stiglitz, Academics, Satoshi Kanazawa, Phd, Politics News
Abdulrahman El-Sayed

Satoshi Kanazawa is just one in a growing number of academics using their intellectual identity to promote intolerance and xenophobia against Islam and Muslims.

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Are You Intelligent Or Just Intellectual?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Intelligence, Positive Thinking, Intellectual, Intellectualism, Responsibility, Inspiration, The Inner Life, Blackberry, Auto Bailout, Healthy Living News
Russell Bishop

Indeed, many of the negativists of the world seem to engage in an insidious game, using their intellect, but not their intelligence, to argue against the potential for positive focus or improvement.

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The Left isn't Leaving Obama -- Yet

Rupert Russell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rupert Russell

Pundits have criticized last week's announcements on the new bank bailout and Afghanistan. Yet, a crack up of the Democratic coalition or fracturing of the progressive movement it is not.

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Find a Harmony

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zen, Games, Harmony, How to Relax, Puzzle, Game, Intellectual, Relax, Tiles, Video, Comedy News

You know why the Japanese are using traditional rock garden to relax? This is very simple - in order to free their mind from the clutter of life and to concentrate on the rest, to achieve harmony with the world looking at the smooth and harmonious closed circles and lines in the sand. This game offers you a very short time to set aside the problems and try to find harmony.

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Check Your Mathimatical Skills: Play the Game!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Games, Math, Strategy, Brain, Puzzle, Brain Training, Mathematics, Thinking, Game, Intellectual, Flash Game, Sum, Video, Comedy News

The game resembles a normal tetris, with the only difference being that in order for a blocks combination disappeared it is necessary that the sum of digits on blocks be equival to a certain constant. With the mouse, drop tiles in the grid. Try to make adjacent tiles (columns or rows) add up to the required value. Use power-ups to assist in your progress.

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Sarah Palin's Conversation with Henry Kissinger

Alexis C. Jolly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vice Presidential Debate, Henry Kissinger, Sarah Palin, Political Satire, Intellectual, Satire, Joe Six Pack, Politics News
Alexis C. Jolly

Although Sarah Palin's September 23 conversation with Henry Kissinger was off-limits to reporters, the Huffington Post gained exclusive access to a microphone hidden in Dr. Kissinger's office.

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I Want A VP Who Is Smarter Than Me

Pam Atherton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pam Atherton

I don't want someone who believes their biggest asset is that they know what it's like to shop at WalMart and take their kids to hockey practice in a mini-van. How will that help in negotiations and diplomatic missions with other heads of state?

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