Week of September 4, 2013
 | #1 The New Economy of Letters All the noise has silenced the modest, the untenured, and the politically moderate. CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
 | #2 The West's Chemical Weapons Hypocrisy British firms received licenses to sell chemical agents to Syria in 2012... and that's just the tip of the iceberg. TRUTHDIG |
 | #3 Inside the Coursera Hype Machine How will Coursera make money off of its free education-for-the-masses model? THE NATION |
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What Is To Be Done About Higher Education? You can’t have a race to the bottom when the bottom is gone. MORE OR LESS BUNK |
 | #5 Obama’s Dithering on Syria How will Coursera make money off of its free education-for-the-masses model? NATIONAL REVIEW |
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Credibility is Not a Good Reason to Attack Syria "Credibility" is what led to Vietnam. LOS ANGELES TIMES |
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Putin's No Stalin Sure, he's a repressive autocrat, but Putin hasn't killed millions of people. THE NATIONAL INTEREST |
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Syria is Not Kosovo Russia and China were also opposed to intervention in Kosovo. But that's where the similarity ends. NEW YORK TIMES |
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On Privatization's Cutting Edge (Illegally) selling the police powers of a city: coming near you! THE NATION |
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Was Britain Right To Go To War In 1914? The history wars are upon us for the WWI anniversary. STANDPOINT |