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January 31, 2005

A nod to our sponsors

I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the entities that help keep In the Agora ticking.

Michael Meckler, a respected journalist and historian, has created an insighful new blog that offers daily column on politics, religion, arts and current events. Check it out at Red-State.com. Meckler's commentaries are deeply informed by the humanistic and religious values at the foundation of Western civilization, yet Meckler writes without preachiness or partisanship, in a style often leavened with a wry, self-deprecating humor.

The United Nations Foundation would like to highlight two important projects. This first is its efforts to ensure credible and fair elections in Iraq. The UN was a significant partner in what appears to be a successful election thus far, but the effort isn't over and the UN continues its support. Second, the UN would like to set the record straight on its Oil-for-Food Program (OFFP) with facts and all the latest updates from the UN. The UN Foundation was made possible by a generous and historic gift from the Ted Turner Foundation.

Author Stephen Hicks, a Professor of Philosophy at Rockford College, provides a provocative account of why postmodernism has been the most vigorous intellectual movement of the late 20th century in his new book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. Explaining Postmodernism is intellectual history with a polemical twist, providing fresh insights into the debates underlying the furor over political correctness, multiculturalism, and the future of liberal democracy.

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Posted by Joshua Claybourn at January 31, 2005 11:20 AM

Comments

Postmodernism is the abandonment of vigor. It is the Western philosophical class giving up on truth itself. "We might as well end this silly old conversation begun by that old nitwit Thales."

Posted by: Chuck at January 31, 2005 01:38 PM | permalink

After having numerous "baby killer" signs shoved in my face and being screamed at at President Clinton's inaugural in '92, it is hard to be really annoyed by those shirts.

Posted by: Joel Thomas at January 31, 2005 03:27 PM | permalink

Soooo.... your in bed with the UN and Ted Turner. I'll have to double check all your statements, that is if its really worth while coming here at all.

Posted by: RA at January 31, 2005 05:09 PM | permalink

Uh, yeah. The buck-fifty (if that!) each contributor will receive from Ted Turner both outweighs our ideology *and* the money we've gotten from our other sponsors. And note that neither Josh nor anyone has endorsed the UN's position.

Posted by: Paul at January 31, 2005 05:15 PM | permalink

The ITA Terms of Use:

ITA includes links and pointers to Internet sites, content and services provided by third parties. Intheagora.com's linking to any third party sites does not imply an endorsement or sponsorship of such sites, or the information, products or services offered on or through the sites.

Posted by: Joshua Claybourn at January 31, 2005 05:54 PM | permalink

Also a little know phrase in the terms of use.

"The ethical standards of the contributors to the are not for sale; however, they are for extended lease"

Posted by: Foltz at January 31, 2005 08:30 PM | permalink

Terms of use aside, the phrase "the UN would like to set the record straight..." does sound like an endorsement. Implicit, of course, but that is the natural reading.

But thanks much for the link to Hicks's book.

Posted by: Anthony Perez-Miller at January 31, 2005 10:09 PM | permalink