While most people cannot wait to turn 16 and get their driver's permit, I could have waited forever. Every time I even thought about driving, I would instantly get anxious. After seeing kids pass their drivers test when they couldn't pass anything else, I instantly thought the worst. Almost four years later, and I am no more comfortable behind the wheel than the first day I sat behind it.
Here are 35 thoughts I have as a nervous driver:
The featured speaker at the event, activist Fatima Mohammed, had accused Israel of “indiscriminate” murder, encouraging “lynch mobs” and lauded resistance to “Zionism around the world.” You can see the entire video here:
While completely accused of spreading hate on the first week after the speech, this week though - people have spoken up supporting her right to use her platform to share her story. In fact, Fatima received support from the Jewish Voice for Peace.
And CUNY law faculties have now asked the Board of Trustees to rescind statement and apologize to the student.
College is a place for open debate that is hardly available in the rest of the world out there. What do you think - was she right to share her story and thoughts? Or is this anti-semitism from an unexpected student?
“Astrology is a language. If you understand this language, the sky speaks to you.” — Dane Rudhyar
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“You’re a woman who lived eight lives at once,” said Elliot to Paris. During the 1960s and ’70s, Elliot Mintz was a popular TV host who interviewed more than 2,000 people. How did he cross paths with Paris? What advice does this memoir carry within its pages?
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