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In Debate Over Patriot Act, Lawmakers Weigh Risks vs. Liberty

Article cites Prof. Geoffrey Stone, who says United States in better position to examine how ‘to balance the competing interests in security and individual freedom'


Banning Philosophical Exemptions to Vaccination While Keeping Religious Ones Makes No Sense

In op-ed, Prof. Jerry Coyne argues that religious exemptions to vaccinations in public schools is illogical


New Republic

Academics Seek a Big Splash

Article cites Prof. James Heckman, who says 'pressure is enormous' for young economists to attract media attention with research


‘A Road Three Hundred Years Long’: A Cinema Stirring Amid an Exodus

Prof. Jacqueline Stewart calls 1941 film 'The Blood of Jesus’ a 'document of black folk culture,' drawing on Hollywood conventions


The Economist Who Realized How Crazy We Are

Author examines Prof. Richard Thaler's history of behavioral economics, research demonstrating human irrationality


Anthony C. Yu, Translator of the Saga of a Chinese Pilgrimage, Dies at 76

Prof. Emeritus Anthony Yu remembered for epic translation of ‘The Journey to the West,’ termed ‘one of the great ventures of our time’