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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Are we all looking around for rules to break for the holidays? Focus groups and psychological research in advertising shows that we probably are -- the Gap ad is only the latest example in a long held tradition.
FIRE (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Over at Minding the Campus, John Leo has a great little post about our recently published Correcting Common Mistakes in Speech Policies and our Speech Code of the Month series. He writes: The indispensible FIRE — The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education — bestows a regular mock honor on some offending college or university: the Speech Code of the Month. So far this year,...
The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the Huffington Post, John Leo writes about rule breaking and advertisement, The central message here is strongly anti-social–we should all rebel against social order, restraint, all authority, and rules of any kind. Focus groups and psychological research at the ad agencies show that the message works. So advertising creates a feedback loop, pumping back into [...]
FIRE (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... debate on speech codes . Together with Correcting Common Mistakes (which has gotten kudos from John Leo and the National Association of Scholars and has been featured on the "Family News in Focus" radio program), Azhar's new article makes the case against speech codes ever more persuasive. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst administration would do well to read both publications;...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Jonathan Wisniewski scored 22 points to fire his newly-promoted side Racing Metro to a sensational 27-20 victory over French giants Toulouse in their French championship clash on Saturday. The Frenchman was in stunning form and it was not just with the boot as he also scored a try in the 49th minute, which was closely followed by another touch down by Samoan John Leo'o that proved to be the...
Fresh Pics (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Pamela Anderson Alyssa Milano Victoria Beckham Little Rascal/Wal-Mart clerk Tobey Maguire Steve Urkel Scarlett Johansson Punky Brewster Jeremy Piven/Michael Barth Brad Pitt Jerry O’Connell Nicole Eggert Mike Rowe Mark Hamill Marilyn Manson Lindsay Lohan Lil’ John Leo DiCaprio Stephanie from Full House Karen from The Office John Travolta John Stewart Michael Jackson...
Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The Frenchman was in stunning form and it was not just with the boot as he also scored a try in the 49th minute, which was closely followed by another touch down by Samoan John Leo'o that proved to be the killer blow for three-time European champions Toulouse.
FIRE (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... same school, two student reporters are facing disciplinary charges for trying to do their jobs. John Leo, writing at Minding the Campus , touches on the mess at Southwestern College, and also brings up another appalling FIRE case — that of Professor Thomas Thibeault at East Georgia College. We're all the happier, given the long, slow fight this is, to see so many students attempting...
