que según no hay pensamiento crítico…

entre los estudiantes en universidades latinoamericanas… acá la nota:

Egresados universitarios de AL carecen de aptitudes prácticas para la vida: estudio – La Jornada, 21 de octubre de 2009.

 

dicen que no hay que confiarse de dios

…al menos no del dios católico, diría Saramago.

Arremete José Saramago contra la Iglesia católica; “su Dios no es de fiar” – La Jornada, 21 de octubre de 2009.

 

disfraz de “indocumentado”

una joya:

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2009/10/20/desata-polemica-en-eu-disfraz-de-201cindocumentado201d-para-halloween

 

nobel prizes… what?!

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the [peace nobel] prize [awarded to Obama] marks the “return of America into the hearts of the people of the world” (CBCNews, Oct 9, 2009).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8298580.stm

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/10/09/nobel-peace-prize-obama.html

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/10/09/nobel-peace-prize-reaction-obama389.html

the new face of imperialism today… in three steps:

1) create the image of a benevolent dictator in charge of a benevolent imperial power

2) let them speak of freedom, let them speak of hope

3) give them the most political of all of the nobel prizes (come on! this prize was awarded to Al Gore at some point!)

 

un triunfo del tercer mundo

me levanté en este bella mañana sabatina para leer un artículo bello de Fidel Cruz. me hizo reír mucho, pero lo encontré curioso proviniendo del querido Fidel. ahí va:

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/10/03/index.php?section=opinion&article=020a2mun

 

the “absent” Canadian history of colonialism

one of those harperisms of these days:

http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/communityofinterest/archive/2009/09/28/really-harper-canada-has-no-history-of-colonialism.aspx

 

the gender politics of Tarzan and Jane and David Beckham studies

really interesting article in a lot of ways: from the ’social impact’ of research to the emerging ‘Beckham studies’ field of research inquiry. check it out:

 

body bags…?!

Body bags for First Nations peoples? WTF!

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/19/swine-flu-aglukkaq.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/09/17/mb-body-bags-butler-jones-manitoba.html

 

well, well, well

Gender policing, privacy and paternalism continue to frame the discussions about women in international sport competitions, and I continue not understanding why the “gender” of women (have they ever done these so-called ‘gender verification’ tests on men?) seems to be so important for a person to live, do sports, be respected, be loved, to LIVE!

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2009/09/19/sp-semenya-track-chief.html

 

anti-vaccine movement?

here’s an interesting article about a so-called “anti-vaccine movement” being spread out on the internet:

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/ottawa-swine-flu-vaccine.html