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  • THE KU KLUX KLAN ONCE AGAIN CONTROLS INDIANA
    12 November 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)
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    At first glance, the results of America’s 2012 election appear to be a triumph for social, racial, and economic justice and progress in the United States: California voters passed a proposition requiring the rich to shoulder their fair share of the tax burden; Two states, Colorado and Washington, legalized the recreational use of marijuana, while Massachusetts approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes; Washington and two other states, Maine and Maryland, legalized same-sex (…)

  • I’VE DECIDED TO "WASTE" MY VOTE
    28 October 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    In a 2004 episode of Comedy Central’s animated series South Park, an election was held to determine whether the new mascot for the town’s elementary school would be a “giant douche” or a “turd sandwich.” Confronted with these two equally unpalatable choices, one child, Stan Marsh, refused to vote at all, which resulted in his ostracization and subsequent banishment from the town.
    Although this satirical vulgarity was intended as a commentary on the two candidates running for president of (…)

  • HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? PART IV
    28 September 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    PART I
    PART II
    PART III
    If there is one major inconsistency in life, it is that young people who know little more than family, friends and school are suddenly, at the age of eighteen, supposed to decide what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, because of their limited life experiences, the illusions they have about certain occupations do not always comport to the realities.
    I discovered this the first time I went to college. About a year into my studies, I (…)

  • HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? PART III
    28 September 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    PART I
    PART II
    PART IV
    Disillusioned with the machinations of so-called “traditional” colleges, I became an adjunct instructor at several “for-profit” colleges.
    Thanks largely to the power and pervasiveness of the Internet, “for-profit” colleges (hereinafter for-profits) have become a growing phenomenon in America. They have also been the subject of much political debate and the focus of a Frontline special entitled College Inc.
    Unlike traditional colleges, for-profits are owned (…)

  • HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? PART II
    28 September 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    PART I
    PART III
    PART IV
    Several years ago, a young lady came into the college where I was teaching to inquire about a full-time instructor’s position in the sociology department. She was advised that only adjunct positions were available. Her response was, “No thanks. Once an adjunct, always an adjunct.”
    Her words still echo in my mind.
    Even as colleges and universities raise their tuition costs, they are relying more and more on adjunct instructors. Adjuncts are part-time (…)

  • HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? PART I
    28 September 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    PART II
    PART III
    PART IV
    When The Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution over two hundred years ago, Americans were blessed with many rights considered to be “fundamental.” One conspicuously missing, however, was the right to an education.
    This was not surprising given the tenor of the times. America was primarily an agrarian culture, and education, especially higher education, was viewed as a privilege reserved for the children of the rich and powerful.
    But (…)

  • ONE SOLITARY LIFE, PART TWO
    30 July 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)
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    If there is one universal question that haunts all human beings at some point in their lives, it is, “Why do we die?”
    Death, after all, is the great illogic. It ultimately claims all, the rich and the poor, the mighty and the small, the good and the evil. Death also has the capability to make most human pursuits—such as the quest for wealth, fame and power—vacuous and fleeting.
    Given this reality, I have often wondered why so many people are still willing to exploit, and even destroy, (…)

  • HOW MUCH CORRUPTION CAN DEMOCRACY ENDURE?
    28 June 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)
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    How much corruption can a “democracy” endure before it ceases to be a democracy?
    If five venal, mendacious, duplicitous, amoral, biased and (dare I say it) satanic Supreme Court “justices”—John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy—have their way, America will soon find out.
    In several previous articles for Pravda.Ru, I have consistently warned how the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision is one of the biggest threats to democracy and freedom (…)

  • DEMOCRACY IN THE HANDS OF IDIOTS, PART TWO
    12 June 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)
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    Imagine, if you will, that the United States government passes a law banning advertisers from sponsoring commercials on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show or Rupert Murdoch’s Fox (Faux) “News” Network.
    On one hand, there would be two decided advantages to this ban: The National IQ would undoubtedly increase several percentage points, and manipulative pseudo-journalists would no longer be able to appeal to the basest instincts in human nature for ratings and profit while laughing all the way to (…)

  • DEMOCRACY IN THE HANDS OF IDIOTS
    7 June 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Pravda.Ru Legal Editor (Open-Publishing)
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    LIVE, from the State that brought you Senator Joseph McCarthy, Wisconsin voters now proudly present, fresh from his recall election victory, Governor Scott Walker!
    At first glance, it is almost unfathomable that anyone with a modicum of intelligence would have voted to retain Scott Walker as Wisconsin’s governor. This, after all, is a man who openly declared he is trying to destroy the rights of workers through a “divide and conquer” strategy; who received 61% of the funds used to fight (…)