[PN] Views of the News (25 May 2004)

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* Periodical articles

Why We Built the Ivory Tower
By STANLEY FISH
New York Times, 21 May 2004
[Relates to the debate in ELT of advocacy in global issues vs. 
raising awareness of the issues in an objectively balanced way - Ed.] 
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/21/opinion/21FISH.html

The Covert Campaign To Rig Our Tax System to Benefit The Super Rich - 
And Cheat Everybody Else
Democracy Now, 18 May 2004
[Audio and video of the programs are available online. Listening while 
reading the script could be helpful for many learners of English. - Ed.]
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/18/1350212

Teachers who didn't stand for anthem face heavy punishment [in Japan]
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040524p2a00m0dm004001c.html
	
Koizumi told Jenkins he wouldn't be sent to U.S. 
[Japanese have widely believed that their nation is America's "pooch." Now? - Ed.]
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040524p2a00m0dm001001c.html

Collegially, Steve McCarty
Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College, Japan
Online library: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
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