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V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

Approximately one year ago, on June 13, 2012, Representative Lisa Brown (D-Bloomfield) uttered the word that runs ice through the veins and casts fear into the hearts of male elected officials: Vagina. This word, so offensive that Representative Mike Callton (R-Nashville) would not address the word itself when interviewed “I don’t even want to say … Continue reading

The Two Second Head Start: Implications of Exclusive Access by Private Companies to Publicly-Funded Research

The Two Second Head Start: Implications of Exclusive Access by Private Companies to Publicly-Funded Research

On June 12, 2013 it was revealed that news agency Thompson-Reuters has been giving a small and elite group of stock market traders access to the highly-influential “Consumer Sentiment Index” (CSI) through high-speed data connection two full seconds before releasing the report to its other paying customers at 9:55 a.m., and before it publicly releases … Continue reading