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Philip Cooney

2007-05-05T15:38:44Z

Rogerconwilco:

'''Philip Cooney'' was chief of staff of the [[White House]] [[Council on Environmental Quality]] during the [[George W. Bush]] administration. In 2005, he left that job to work for [[Exxon Mobil]]. Previously, he had worked as a [[lobbyist]] for the [[oil industry]]. He has recently come under scrutiny for editing government climate reports to over-emphasize the uncertainty in the scientific community about [[Global warming]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901327.html] Official Defends Editing Climate Papers, Associated Press</ref>

== References ==
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Leap year

2007-05-05T15:38:07Z

Rogerconwilco:

A '''leap year,''' in the Gregorian calendar, is a year containing 366 days instead of the ordinary 365. Normally, this occurs every four years, where [[February]] has an extra day, bringing the number of [[day]]s in that month to 29. Leap years occur when a year's number is a multiple of 4 (1992, 2144, 1852, etc.). However, when a year's number is a multiple of 100, it is only a leap year if the number is also a multiple of 400. Thus 1900 was not a leap year while 2000 was and 2100 will not be.

Speech codes

2007-05-05T15:35:00Z

Rogerconwilco:

'''Speech codes''' are restrictions on [[speech]]. They are often imposed by institutions on their members (such as corporate employers on their employees or universities on their students and staff) or by governments on their citizens. Some speech codes are more restrictive than others.

==University Speech Codes==
In recent years, Speech Codes have also been implemented in major North American colleges and universities; For example, Northeastern University in Boston's ''Appropriate Use of Computer and Network Resources Policy''<ref>http://www.neu.edu/osccr/0607handbook.pdf</ref> prohibits students from using the university's information systems or facilities to send any message that “in the sole judgment of the University” is “intolerant” or “offensive.” And Colorado State University’s ''Residence Hall Handbook''<ref>http://www.housing.colostate.edu/halls/handbook.pdf</ref> bans "[E]xpressions of hostility against a person or property because of a person’s race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, ability, age, gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation".

Various organizations such as the ''Foundation for Individual Rights in Education'' (or ''FIRE'') have been established to oppose such trend.<ref>http://www.thefire.org/index.php/article/4851.html?PHPSESSID=914a3b6b4bcf99b2035681dcc8d19b22</ref>

==References==
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==External Links==
:[http://www.thefire.org/ Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]
:[http://www.indoctrinate-u.com/ ''Indoctrinate U'', a documentry on university speech codes]
[[category:politics]]

Allen Ginsberg

2007-05-05T15:32:30Z

Rogerconwilco:

[[Image:UploaddammitGinsberg.jpg|thumb|right|Allen Ginsberg]]One of America's most celebrated poets <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg-obit.html]</ref>, '''Allen Ginsberg''' was born 3rd June 1926 in Newark, [[New Jersey]]. Along with others such as [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[William S. Burroughs]], he became part of what was dubbed the "Beat Generation" of writers. He died of liver cancer on 6th April 1997. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref>

His most famous works include:

* [http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15308 Howl]

* [http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/america.html America]

* [http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15307 Kaddish]

He studied at Columbia University in the 1940s and moved to San Fransico in 1954. <ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/8]</ref> ''Howl and Other Poems'' was published in 1956 and in May that year, police seized copies from a bookshop and charged the owners with publishing and selling an obscene and indecent book. This charge was rejected in October 1957 when Judge Clayton Horn ruled that the book had redeeming social value. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref> During the trial, Ginsberg relocated to [[Paris]] with his partner Peter Orlovsky. They remained together for the forty years till Ginsberg's death. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref>
== References ==
<references/>
1. http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg-obit.html

2. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm

3. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/8

4. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm

5. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm

[[Category:Poets|Ginsberg, Allen]]

Allen Ginsberg

2007-05-05T15:32:04Z

Rogerconwilco: Removed unsourced charge

[[Image:UploaddammitGinsberg.jpg|thumb|right|Allen Ginsberg]]One of America's most celebrated poets <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg-obit.html]</ref>, '''Allen Ginsberg''' was born 3rd June 1926 in Newark, [[New Jersey]]. Along with others such as [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[William S. Burroughs]], he became part of what was dubbed the "Beat Generation" of writers. He died of liver cancer on 6th April 1997. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref>

His most famous works include:

* [http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15308 Howl]

* [http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/america.html America]

* [http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15307 Kaddish]

He studied at Columbia University in the 1940s and moved to San Fransico in 1954. <ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/8]</ref> ''Howl and Other Poems'' was published in 1956 and in May that year, police seized copies from a bookshop and charged the owners with publishing and selling an obscene and indecent book. This charge was rejected in October 1957 when Judge Clayton Horn ruled that the book had redeeming social value. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref> During the trial, Ginsberg relocated to [[Paris]] with his lover Peter Orlovsky. They remained together for the forty years till Ginsberg's death. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref>
== References ==
<references/>
1. http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg-obit.html

2. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm

3. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/8

4. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm

5. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm

[[Category:Poets|Ginsberg, Allen]]

Judicial activism

2007-05-05T15:30:39Z

Rogerconwilco:

"Judicial activism" is a term used to critique judges who are seen to fail in their duty to apply laws created by the Legislature. Most often, a charge of "judicial activism" is an accusation that judges substitute their own political opinions for the applicable law. Occasionally, the term also applies to rulings that do not give due deference to agency decisions, as required under ''Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council,'' 467 U.S.). A critique of judicial activism is not itself partisan -- there are judicial activists on both the left and the right -- but in contemporary America, the charge has most often been made by rightist pundits.
[[category:law]]

Equality principle

2007-05-05T15:26:44Z

Rogerconwilco:

{{merge|judicial activism}}
An "equality principle" is a legal doctrine that seeks equal treatment on the basis of criteria that can range from conditions for admitting states to the Union, taxation, race or gender. [[Liberals]] champion an equality principle for race and gender even though though Congress has repeatedly reject results-oriented rules, such as quotas.

Justice Stevens, writing for the Supreme Court, included [[dictum]] supporting an equality principle for gender in ''Miller v. Albright'', 523 U.S. 420,).

==See also==
*[[Judicial activism]]