Left Side of the Aisle #106

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of May 2 - 8, 2013

This week:
Hero Award: students integrate senior prom
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/segregated-prom-wilcox-county-ga-high-school_n_3013733.html
http://www.wsav.com/story/21866654/macon-students-fight-segregated-prom
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/integrated-prom-wilcox-county-georgia_n_3178005.html
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/29/17967090-students-hold-georgia-schools-1st-racially-integrated-prom?lite

Boston bombing reaction: Why are we such a frightened people?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/21/boston-marathon-bombs-us-gun-law
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2013/0430/Ron-Paul-slams-Boston-police.-Has-he-gone-too-far
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/ron-paul-boston-bombings_n_3179489.html
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ron-paul-government-response-scarier-than-boston-bombing
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul858.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Gb6i5DF9k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LrbsUVSVl8
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/04/after-boston-a-few-facts-about-terrorism.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/southern-poverty-law-center-patriot-groups-_n_2814768.html
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ChallengersFromtheSidelines.pdf
https://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf
http://www.catb.org/~esr/fortunes/liberty.html
http://www.bartleby.com/73/1056.html

Boston bombing reaction: Why do some events affect us more than others?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/iran-earthquake-2013_n_3090799.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3743845.htm
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/04/in-china-even-earthquakes-are-political/275232/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/texas-plant-explosion-workplace_n_3122643.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://crooksandliars.com/juanita-jean/come-texas-where-its-better-business

Clown Award: Chris Broussard of ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2757105
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/
http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-201_162-10016671.html
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/nba-player-comes-out-as-gay-first-ever?ref=fpb
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/phil-jackson-gay-basketball-players_n_3000925.html#slide=2070762
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/sporting-world-celebrates-jason-collins-for-coming-out
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/charles-barkley-jason-collins-gay-inside-the-nba_n_3186663.html
http://www.nba.com/wizards/wizards-statement-jason-collins-announcement
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-phones-nbas-jason-collins-to-express-support
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/espn-sportscaster-out-nba-player-living-in-open?ref=fpb

Intro to re-thinking the economy

Outrage of the Week: Matt Yglesias and The Market (pbui)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22364891
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2013/04/gilded-age-conceptions-of-labor-contracts-wrong-then-wrong-now
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/we-can-choose-that-workers-not-die-in.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/04/24/international_factory_safety.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/media-coverage-bangladesh-fire_b_3166299.html
http://americablog.com/2013/04/matt-yglesias-resigns-from-the-presumed-progressive-community-with-prejudice.html
http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2013/04/28/what-are-little-company-men-made-of/