JackBeck's Journal - Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:48 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:48 Bob Jones University in SC apologizes for racist policies, [b]Including interracial dating ban[/b]

By JEFFREY COLLINS
Associated Press Writer

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Bob Jones University has apologized for racist policies including a one-time ban on interracial dating that wasn't lifted until nine years ago and its unwillingness to admit black stu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JackBeck/6 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:35:23 Where do we go from here? As many of us are still tending to our wounds from a bittersweet victory Tuesday night, we find ourselves yet again as a community having to pick-up ourselves off the floor and figure out a way to move forward. The right hook, left jab, upper cut and gut punch we absorbed from resounding defeats to ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JackBeck/5 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:34:56 Obituary: Jesse Helms Harold Jackson
guardian.co.uk, Friday July 4, 2008

Senator Jesse Helms, member of the US Senate's foreign relations committee for two decades and its chairman from 1995 to 2001, has died at the age of 86. To echo this newspaper's memorable comment on the death of William Randolph Hearst, [b]it ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JackBeck/4 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:56:28 Jesse Helms dies and so should his HIV ban I’m in Yosemite National Park, but just learned that former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms has died at the age of 86. I am not sad.

Helms did more damage to the gay rights movement than any other single person I can think of in the Senate. One particular piece of legislation Helms is responsi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JackBeck/3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:26:29 Revising HIV's History (cross-posted from GD per Warpy's request)

Because of advancements in genetic science, we're able to get a better understanding when HIV possibly made the leap from monkeys to humans, by looking at viral mutations. Unlike human cells, HIV-1 only has 9 genes and doesn't have the mechanisms in plac... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JackBeck/2 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:02:12 Let's have a conversation about HIV/AIDS. I bring this up because 25 years after the first reported case of HIV/AIDS to the CDC, I still get asked if HIV is airborne. It doesn't help that our government still continues to distribute misinformation when it comes to this virus. So who has any questions?

Anyone have any questions about tran... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JackBeck/1 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:52:52