Dalai Lama: I am a Marxist
The Dalai Lama is a Marxist, the power that comes with being tall, and the continuing discrimination against the transgendered people in the U.S. military. These discoveries and more after the jump. On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies. The links below open in a new window. Newer ones are on top. I am a Marxist, says Dalai Lama Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that he is a Marxist, yet credits capitalism for bringing new freedoms to the communist country that exiled him – China. How You Can Become More Powerful by Literally Standing Tall A new study shows how posture can affect how powerful you feel—and how powerful you are McDonald’s defends gay filters on Wi-Fi Members of GayNZ.com noticed they were being denied access to the gay news site a few days ago, and have since found others – like Family Planning – are also being filtered out. Gay marriage isn’t revolutionary. It’s just the next step in marriage’s evolution Marriage has already been radically transformed – in a way that makes gay marriage not only inevitable, as Vice President Biden described it in an interview late last year, but also quite logical. Transgender vets want military access for own Even with the heralding of “don’t ask, don’t tell”, transgender people are still seen as unfit from serving in the U.S. military. One Constant: American Gun Industry Thrives Trace the long history of guns in American life and one truism remains constant: The firearms industry always manages to sell large volumes of product. The Revenge of Comic Sans New research suggests that less-legible, less-elegant fonts might actually promote better recall of information. Dave Munger examines the evidence. History of Economics? Is the history of economic thought dead? Yes, in the sense that all the mainstream doctoral programs in economics in the United States long ago eliminated courses n the history of economic thought. Good Grief! – The marketing of the American way of death – and bereavement A merciless look at the “five stages’’ of grief – denial, anger, depression, bargaining and acceptance – and their scientific basis, which, according to research, are basically nonexistent.
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Dalai Lama: I am a Marxist
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