Should Students Be Paid to Do Well in School? Oct 13, 2009
It's especially true when the changes involve an idea as capitalistic and nonegalitarian as paying certain students the ones most apt to fail and drop out to attend classes and get good grades ... Other opponents argue that the program flies in the face of France's egalitarian ideals regarding education that students be taught that they're equal citizens regardless of their background and they should accept the responsibilities that go along with equality under the law. (Time.com)
Cuba to say adios to rationing? Oct 10, 2009
Scrapping the ration book presumably in return for higher wages would be a fundamental shift in the egalitarian communist system established in 1959 ... Ending handoutsScrapping the ration book presumably in return for higher wages would be a far more fundamental shift in the egalitarian communist system the Castro brother have striven to build since shortly after taking power in a revolution on New Year's Day 1959. (MSNBC -- International)
Could Cuba be ready to get rid of ration book? Oct 10, 2009
Scrapping the ration book presumably in return for higher wages would be a far more fundamental shift in the egalitarian communist system the Castro brothers have striven to build since shortly after their rebel force won power on New Year's Day 1959. Jorge, the former finance minister now in Florida, said that if food subsidies evaporate, the government will struggle to hold down the price of basic staples, further squeezing already poverty stricken Cubans. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Why Air Travel is About to Get Worse Oct 9, 2009
The Lowdown: Three decades after industry deregulation, flying has transformed from a luxury into an egalitarian necessity, with real ticket prices dropping by half and new routes offering exposure to once-provincial cities. But the corollary of viability has been increased frustration, with on-time performance plunging to near-record lows. (Time.com)
Needed, an integrated vision Oct 5, 2009
Only an integrated vision that links globalisation to transformation of rural society towards a more egalitarian structure can effectively counter the Maoists, who project armed struggle as the only way out of the crass exploitation and hopelessness that form the staple of rural reality for the majority. Read business stories in. (India Times)
Iceland's party is over Oct 3, 2009
Meanwhile, a new reformist coalition Government is optimistically talking about restoring Nordic egalitarian priorities within a strong welfare state. It hardly seems the typical recipient of a billion-dollar package of bailout loans orchestrated by the IMF. But despite the outward signs of continued prosperity, most Icelanders are quietly waking up to the burdensome legacy they must endure after one of the most rapid destructions of wealth any economy has ever seen. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
* China trades on communist heritage for anniversary Oct 2, 2009
Works such as Edgar Snows Red Star Over China depicted it as an egalitarian utopia. Mao Guangrong joined the Red Army as a destitute 15-year-old orphan reared in a brutal, hierarchical society where men could kill their wives with impunity and ruthless landlords could seize grain and leave farmers to starve. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Seeds of change Oct 1, 2009
Incentives, like the profit motive and productivity-related pay, are reappearing after half a century of an idealistic experiment in egalitarian socialism. It is too early to tell whether these reforms will be far-reaching enough to make a dramatic impact on food shortages. (BBC News -- Americas)
Shropshire demotion questioned (851) Oct 1, 2009
A question that arises from this situation begs; how did the principally egalitarian nature of academia give way to a seemingly Politburo-esque structure currently at ISU where a patrician leadership appears to lord over a plebian faculty and staff in a way that would make Niccolo Machiavelli cringe. Sadly, the greatest tragedy to ISU from the Shropshire escapade will be more of the vacuous loss of precious human capital without which a university cannot persevere even in the best of times. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Abrasive town hallers falling into Obama's trap Sep 24, 2009
wrote on Sep 23, 2009 8:30 AM:" Dear DR: I'm fascinated by your egalitarian, thought provoking, well-researched views of political science and geopolitical history. What a mind! ". brian wrote on Sep 23, 2009 7:04 AM:" yes, Matt, we wouldn't be having the debate, we'd still be talking abstrctly about it. It's not a "crisis", the aftermath of Katrina was a crisis. healthcare in this country has some problems that need to be worked out to make it more affordable. we don't need the federal govt... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
No Country for Young Men as Real `Change' Begins Sep 21, 2009
One seems almost utopian in its success at creating a safe, prosperous, reasonably egalitarian, educated and environmentally stable nation. The other unnerves investors and leaves Japan with less growth and competitiveness than is its potential. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
The Changing Faces Of Nkrumahism Sep 17, 2009
The Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah is seen as great egalitarian- one with a strong desire in the promotion of equality at all levels of human endeavours. Egalitarianism is sometimes seen as the belief that equality is the primary political value. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
George F. Will: When a hand's out to Uncle Sam, any old artist will do Sep 17, 2009
Sure, because in this egalitarian era, government reasons circularly: Art is whatever an artist says it is, and an artist is whoever produces art. So, being an artist is a self-validating vocation. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Come on out, girls Sep 17, 2009
" Princess Olga in her debutante days She contrasts the social background of the old school debs with today's more egalitarian times. "It was incredibly elite. A lot of the girls come from single parent background and have to finance their own way through university. (BBC News -- UK)
Palin, DeMint should take lessons from this guy Sep 16, 2009
Paul to answer your question- Socialism refers to various theories of economic organization advocating public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with an egalitarian method of compensation. In Marxist theory, socialism is a transitional phase between capitalism and communism characterized by unequal distribution of goods and compensation according to work... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
What's the Matter With Texas? Sep 16, 2009
This sort of bitter characterization of the conservative, Confederate, fundamentalist, and mainly Anglo-Celtic Texas he hates a toxic by-product of the hierarchical plantation society of the American South, a cruel caste society in which the white, brown, and black majority labor for inadequate rewards while a cultivated but callous oligarchy of rich white families and their hirelings in the professions dominate the economy, politics, and the rarefied air of academic and museum culture, on the... (The American Conservative)
To the victors go the spoils of script-writing Sep 14, 2009
Instead, Australia became outwardly focused, creating a model "defined by free trade, competitiveness in world markets, a surplus budget, an independent central bank, an enterprise-based industrial culture, an immigration ethos tied to an inclusive culture, retention of the egalitarian ethic, an Australian-made synthesis of a decent society and a strong economy, the search for reconciliation with the indigenous peoples, and entrenchment of a national interest strategy that reflected Australia's... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Riding the tsunami Sep 12, 2009
" All of this is part of something bigger that's been happening, largely unsung, in Australia, for years now. From being one of the world's chronic underperformers, Australia has become a model. The country that the Economist magazine in 2007 labelled "Downwonder" has emerged as a model in two senses. It's an example of an economic success, but it's also a model in that it has developed a distinctive political economy. There is now an "Australian model". The first time anyone really noticed... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Whalen: Political dynasties are undemocratic Sep 6, 2009
Yet longstanding American family political dynasties ranging from the Adamses to the Tafts to the Kennedys have always seemed to mock this egalitarian dictum. These dynasties presumptuously assume - and history sadly confirms this - that it is birthright that counts above all else. (Boston Globe)
Himalayan heights of disingenuousness Sep 5, 2009
The 10-point manifesto is an amalgam of good ideas: top polluters the US, China and India should take the lead in environmental protection; platitudes: "Grassroots approaches are need to solve real problems"; wishful thinking: "Bhutan's goal of 'Gross National Happiness' provides valuable lessons"; and outright fantasies: the "timeless philosophies" of Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Taoism support non-violence, egalitarianism and equality, as Brahm claims they do in exemplary peaceful,... (Asia Times Online)
Japan's election: The vote that changed Japan Sep 4, 2009
JAPAN is a decent, consensual and egalitarian country. Much of it is still prosperous, despite a dismal period for the economy. (The Economist)
It's High Time to Ruffle a Few Billion Feathers Aug 31, 2009
The status quo wont morph Asia into a consumer-led, more egalitarian or environmentally stable region. It wont increase cooperation in an economic area that enjoys painfully little. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Several local schools fall short of WASL targets Aug 16, 2009
Don'tMakeMeComeInThere wrote on Aug 15, 2009 10:34 AM:" In the olden days, children were placed in classrooms which were commensurate with their abilities. Then, educational professionals decided that this was "intelligence profiling" which it probably is to an extent. But now, that each child is educated in an egalitarian environment, those who are very quick are held back and those who need extra time are overwhelmed. The result is that now the average kid learns acquires a substandard... (Longview Daily News, WA)
America's road toward Oceania Aug 16, 2009
Perceived enemies are everywhere -- supposedly plotting to undo the benevolent egalitarianism of Big Brother ... More often he felt that state collectivism would come from an all-powerful government -- run by a charismatic egalitarian, promising to protect us from selfish, greedy reactionaries. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Conservatives take on liberals in blogosphere Aug 15, 2009
"Unlike talk radio though, I think the Internet is more democratic, egalitarian. So I don't think the right will have the struggles the left has had trying to become competitive.". The right turned to blogging because they felt their voice wasn't being heard it the media, he said, while the left used it as a rallying point to regain the White House and Congress. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
LETTER: Extreme acts needed to save our democracy Aug 13, 2009
In politics, left-wing, political left, leftist and the Left are terms used to describe support for changing traditional social orders and creating a more egalitarian distribution of wealth and privilege. - WikipediaSo the left believes in the taking from the man who earns it and sharing with the one who didn't. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Liberte, Egalite, Sharia? Aug 12, 2009
But this very submission is egalitarian, creating a mass of individuals who are equal in their abstractness. Moreover, God s will is just will, it has no correlation to natural order as in the Christian or Jewish tradition. (The American Conservative)
Days numbered for schools of scandal Aug 12, 2009
It certainly is deserved; we enjoy a safe, welcoming and egalitarian society. But the recent, appalling incidents of violence against Indian students in particular has threatened to sully it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
MICHAEL BARONE Aug 10, 2009
Relevant excerpt: "[H]e does not seem to care much about the details of policy. He subcontracted the stimulus package to congressional appropriators, the cap-and-trade legislation to Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, and his health care program to Max Baucus. The result is incoherent public policy: Indefensible pork barrel projects, a carbon emissions bill that doesn t limit carbon emissions from politically connected industries, and a health care program... Published: Jun 28, 2009 The House... (The Drudge Report)
Token day for SA women Aug 9, 2009
For while it recognises that women ought to be celebrated for their contribution to society; it simultaneously demonstrates how far we have to go before we can truly be regarded as an egalitarian society. Women's Day might be a step in the right direction, but it is also simply a token of recognition in a country where the incidence of rape increased by 17. (iAfrica.com)
SA philanthropy should be about transforming society Social change Aug 9, 2009
Of course, if societies were truly egalitarian, with all people employed, educated, housed and not hungry, there would be no need for philanthropy. And there begin the "problems" with regard to encouraging philanthropy. (Business Report, South Africa)
This enough change? Aug 9, 2009
enu22 wrote on Aug 7, 2009 7:55 AM:" Socialism...AHHHHHHH!What's wrong with "socialism"? Your letter doesn't address this issue. "Socialism refers to any one of various theories of economic organization advocating state, public or common worker ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with a more egalitarian method of compensation. "Every democracy incorporates varying degrees... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Jew embraces Jew at rabbinical forum Aug 7, 2009
The panel was composed of local rabbis Moshe Adler of Beth El-The Heights Synagogue (egalitarian), Edward Bernstein of Congregation Shaarey Tikvah (Conservative), Richard Block of The Temple-Tifereth Israel (Reform), Melvin Granatstein of Green Road Synagogue (Orthodox), Alan Lettofsky of Beth Israel-The West Temple (Reform), and Mordechai Mendelson of Kehillat Yaakov (Orthodox). Rounding out the group was Rabbi Ari Weiss, co-founder of Uri L Tzedek (Awaken to Justice), a New York City-based... (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Newsweek: China's women battle for equal rights Aug 5, 2009
In China's civil service and its remaining large state enterprises, according to Jiang, socialist-era egalitarian attitudes are stronger. But at small outfits, bosses are often "not that well educated about gender equality," she says. (MSNBC -- International)
It matters most when it's familiar Aug 1, 2009
It took me a moment to grasp Dick's egalitarian double meaning: He would report to people both as a journalist reports to a reader and as an employee reports to a boss. That humility, I began to understand, is fundamental to good journalism. (Albany Times Union)
Debt at 200% of GDP Means Throw Those Bums Out Jul 31, 2009
Credit where its due, Japan is a prosperous, safe, well- educated, reasonably egalitarian and environmentally stable country. The LDP has held the reins for all of 10 months since 1955, and some of its policies got Japan here. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
History lesson in politics Jul 30, 2009
He said that local political issues would get hotly debated and that local legislators would get beaten by local politics and another local politician because they were more egalitarian and of the same class. They would challenge the incumbent on issues and personality. (Brewton Standard, AL)
Bloggers' challenge: You're anonymous. Tell us a secret. Jul 29, 2009
ebeye wrote on Jul 27, 2009 11:39 PM:" A court Commissioner (beginning with 'g' and ending with 'r') openly complained recently during a civil case involving family members that he was sick and tired, after 18 years, of listening to all the people who couldn't just get along. Hm, isn't that what he's there for? And if you're so tired of it and yelling at people after you've only heard one side of the controversy, maybe he should step aside to let someone with a more egalitarian approach step in.... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Dems alone can't deliver Obama health care win Jul 27, 2009
Gees if you really listened to old whatshisname and his shadow pc, you'd think we'd wither and die for believing in an egalitarian image of our great country. " CJR wrote on Jul 22, 2009 5:09 PM:" KnuckleHead, you make a good point, but it would seem to me that the president has to accomplish reform before the end of his term. (Montana Standard, MT)
Obama health plan delayed - trouble ahead? Jul 24, 2009
" It's just another scare word used by the righties. Of couse as I listen to the president for whom nearly 70% of us voted in Butte/Silver Bow, state he want's a public option, where there IS personal choice. But again it's clever to substitute "government controlled" as the term instead of universal or national. Scare tactics used to work for red-baiters & fake patriots.After all, social security, the post office, the VA, the armed services are ALL social systems. If you can afford to wage... (Montana Standard, MT)
Lamborghinis go faster in China Jul 23, 2009
Basically, Roemer suggests that if you build a more egalitarian system, people will change to reflect more egalitarian beliefs. He uses the oh-so-topical issue of healthcare as an example. (Salon)
LETTERS: NCT, July 22, 2009 Jul 22, 2009
"? In this case, I think it applies to Mr. Pulse! I'm curious has Chris ever served in the U.S. military?Jack StrumpfEscondidoTired of so-called 'homosexual agenda'I am sick of hearing about the "homosexual agenda" as repeated by Edward Karlson in his defense of Frank Lancelotti, on .My son, of blessed memory, did not choose me to be his mother, he did not choose to feel different and shut out, he did not choose to have his car stolen at gunpoint, he did not choose to be fired from his job... (North County Times)
Health, American-Style Jul 19, 2009
All advanced, wealthy countries have structures that are more egalitarian and cost-effective than ours. Each also has its quirks, which tend to reinforce familiar stereotypes. (Slate)
Pretty Good Health Reform Jul 16, 2009
That's simpler, more egalitarian, and less likely to annoy private insurance companies (to whom I prefer to leave the gold-plating). As I write this, the Senate HELP committee has not yet made public the bill's actual text, so I can't provide more details just yet. (Slate)
House Health Care Reform Bill Is Excellent! Jul 15, 2009
Doing so would allow the government to take a more egalitarian approach and at the same time would turn over to private insurers a decent-sized potential market for nonbasic health care. It wouldn't stop their squawking, but it might reduce it. (Slate)
California Crack-Up Jul 14, 2009
We are lurching ever leftward toward that mythical egalitarian Marxist utopia. . (Townhall.com)
EDIT: Budgeting Change Jul 8, 2009
If the 2009 mandate supported a vision of a plural, egalitarian and youth-driven India, it was also a rejection of casteist and sectarian planks. Mayawati wanted to be prime minister by virtue of her caste affiliation. (India Times, India)
Rationing Wolves in Public Servants’ Clothing Jul 7, 2009
America leads the world in medical innovation, and access to the latest innovations is more egalitarian in this country than elsewhere. The practice of medicine can t be boxed in without serious consequences. (Roll Call)
StewartMandelInside College Football Look for Tuesday's BCS hearing to be a complete waste of time. Jul 7, 2009
Up to that point, the NCAA had maintained exclusive negotiating rights for all of its member schools, employing a largely egalitarian system that assured a piece of the pie for everyone from Auburn to Appalachian State. In a case originally brought by Oklahoma and Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the NCAA model violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by preventing more marketable teams like the Sooners and Bulldogs from attaining their true TV value. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
A touch of class Jul 5, 2009
Based on extensive interviews with people living in Inala in Queensland, Mount Druitt in NSW and Broadmeadows in Victoria, Peel's intelligent and astute book punctures Australia's egalitarian myth, providing an opportunity for people typically described as disadvantaged to tell how they alternatively resist and work around the "poor" tag. Building a Nation from our Neighbourhoods, by Mark Latham, Pluto Press, 2003. (The Age, Australia -- Features)
Europe's free, state-run health care has drawbacks Jul 5, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Revolutionary Characters Jul 4, 2009
What made subsequent duplication of the remarkable intellectual and political leadership of the revolutionaries impossible in America, Wood contends, was the growth of what we have come to value most, our egalitarian culture and our democratic society ... But the mercantilist and increasingly egalitarian and democratic Republic they created had little use for-and considerable suspicion toward-men of such character. (The American Conservative)
Jewish, gay and parents: making it work together (4) Jul 1, 2009
In an egalitarian spirit, Claude was given Malia s last name, Lewis, and Ella became a Damaser, after Margot. When we adopted Claude, somebody asked us in an incredulous tone, Are you going to raise him Jewish. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Jonathan O. Cole, at 83; pioneered use of drugs in psychiatry Jun 28, 2009
He was egalitarian to a fault, as well as generous, respectful, and loyal. Barbara Beake was Dr. Cole s administrative assistant at McLean for 35 years and in the 1980s worked with him on one of the clinical trials that helped prove Prozac was going to be one of the new antidepressants. (Boston Globe)
White House Weighs Exec Order On Detention Jun 28, 2009
And power these days is not very egalitarian or democratic. We can see the consequences of this in our media and our finance sector, and health care sector etc. (CBS News)
Trouble in Utopia Jun 25, 2009
Look, here s a state that is home to arguably the largest concentration of the world s kindest, most loving, bravest, caring, non-judgmental, tolerant, egalitarian, morally superior, peaceful, Christ-like, inclusive, compassionate, humble, service-oriented, intellectual, multiculturist and chaste people. In a word, Democrats. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Want Access To A Discrete Personal Vibrator? There's An App For That Jun 24, 2009
"Sex and sex toys are wonderfully egalitarian - they can be enjoyed by adults of all ages, genders, ethnicities, abilities and sexual orientations," said Gardos. "In a similar way, MyVibe is meant to be accessible to all - a free avenue for self pleasure that is as simple as getting comfortable and clicking an icon.". (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
The Death of Macho Jun 24, 2009
The first is adaptation: men embracing women as equal partners and assimilating to the new cultural sensibilities, institutions, and egalitarian arrangements that entails ... Instead, the choice between adaptation and resistance may play out along a geopolitical divide: While North American and Western European men broadlyif not always happilyadapt to the new egalitarian order, their counterparts in the emerging giants of East and South Asia, not to mention in Russia, all places where... (Slate)
A Critics' View of John Ford's Stag... Jun 20, 2009
It also introduced politics in a new way, offering a scathing critique of capitalist corruption and Republican hypocrisy, and a celebration of the egalitarian values of the New Deal (McBride, p. 283). Hollywood Returns to the A-Western with Stagecoach as the Top Movie. (Suite101.com)
Introducing the 'real' Bruno....'I'm more beefy, I'm taller'... Jun 19, 2009
National Socialism fed on identity politics, collectivism, and a sense of victimization among one group against another with the goal of creating a material egalitarian society with a centrally planned economy. What passes for "Right Wing" now, should actually be called "liberalism" or classical liberalism. (The Drudge Report)
Confusion Deepens Obama's Economic Quagmire Jun 18, 2009
The left wing of the Obama team looks enviously at the womb-to-tomb Swedish model, the world's most egalitarian system of social democracy. But this would never pass muster on Capitol Hill. (Newsmax)
Found in translation Jun 17, 2009
"You think that everything online is more egalitarian and anti-establishment, but what we see is the emergence of another kind of operation of power, but maybe the power doesn't come from the traditional source but from different venues.". Virtual communities The translation teams consist of loosely structured yet highly coordinated, even hierarchical, virtual communities often consisting of hundreds of participants around the world. (CNN -- International)
The Herbivore's Dilemma Jun 16, 2009
It may be that Japan's efforts to make the workplace more egalitarian planted the seeds for the grass-eating boys, says Fukasawa. In the wake of Japan's 1985 Equal Employment Opportunity Law, women assumed greater responsibility at work, and the balance of power between the sexes began to shift. (Slate)
LETTER: Now Republicans want to be the good guys Jun 16, 2009
"OBAMULISM" - a socioeconomic structure and political ideology that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian society based on state ownership of industry and capital, and where ownership and control means control of production and property in general. It requires and demands "GROUPTHINK" where everyone adheres to party policy and where the mainstream print and television media actively promotes your socio-economic-political agenda. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Job layoffs slam educated professionals Jun 6, 2009
This recession has been an egalitarian recession, said Mason Jackson, president and CEO of Workforce One, Broward County s employment agency. Workforce One has even seen some former white-collar professionals drawing food stamps, Jackson said, though he could not provide specific data on the total. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
