More women on selection committees ‘may reduce chances of success’ for female academics bit.ly/1P9SWbO #highered #sisterhood

How Nietzsche explains the rise of Donald Trump bit.ly/1JeWhrN

.David Frum: @pmharper doesn't live up to the standards set by Francisco Franco theatln.tc/1JrHkCH

.Cornel West on #blacklivesmatter and return to the spirit of the 60's nyti.ms/1J89i11

The now sadly late Oliver Sacks was on TVOsBigIdeas in 2008 speaking about his book Musicophilia bit.ly/1JFNCgi

Leon Litwack, Berkeley U. prof. & winner of Pulitzer Prize on African Americans from Emancipation to the 1990's bit.ly/1PGT6Yl

Stephen Colbert being as un-showbiz as possible: Where faith, logic and humor meet bit.ly/1UIegHk

The story of a shy academic bit.ly/1YDttxV #highereducation

Much was unsaid at leaders' munkdebate. Michael Byers Terry Glavin 格立文 & Janice Stein fill out gaps on @TheAgenda bit.ly/1FIoKVu

Marxism Today: the forgotten visionaries whose ideas could save Labour bit.ly/1GphloZ The way it saved the UK Communist Party?

Ivan Krastev : How to avoid Europe's disintegration? bit.ly/1jDDF9G

Not only in Canada. 51% of Germans express fear of refugees now. Back in September, just 38% felt that. politi.co/1JMjQSv

Next Wed. -- Perimeter Institute's Neil Turok on “The Astonishing Simplicity of Everything. TVO.me will be livestreaming . bit.ly/1j754ks

Jim Balsillie - formerly of RIM- on why intellectual capital is different from other forms of capital. bit.ly/1GhGur6

Deep Divisions in Turkey as Election Nears | Pew Research Center pewrsr.ch/1M2eXwq

Turkish religious scholar says that according to "prophetic medicine " 'masturbation is imperative and necessary' bit.ly/1M5oh2n

People Actually Want Fairness, Not Economic Equality theatln.tc/1i0NkFS

People Actually Want Fairness, Not Economic Equality - The Atlantic theatln.tc/1i0NkFS

.Nouriel Roubini Roubini: This rising tide of illiberalism makes avoiding a break-up of eurozone or the EU ever more vital. bit.ly/1M9KZo8

On the list of world's most powerful people leader of Islamic State is 1 notch higher than Hillary Clinton onforb.es/20y9hP1