* Sky Writing Over My Home (Sorry, Not Constantine's 'Sign') December 30, 2014

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_True_Cross

 

Constantine's Dream (329 x 190 cm) Emperor Constantine the Great, before the battle of Milvian Bridge, is awakened by an angel who shows him the cross in heaven. With the cross on his shield, he slew the enemy, and later converted to Christianity.

* Selfie at Seventy: December 28, 2014

* 70 Years Ago: June 6, 1944 (I was 2 months in the womb)

* The Mixed Strand of Human Existence

THE YEAR IN PICTURES 
(New York Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/28/sunday-review/2014-year-in-pictures.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20141228&_r=0

* Christmas Past

* SCARED BLUE IN HOLLYWOOD

Following in the steps of  Yale University's 2009 self censorship, Sony corporation has censored itself in desperate fear of a tyrant's ire.

 See Today's New York Times Op-ed piece, Sony Caved to Terror. No One Else Should.

 

 

 

 

Yale University: Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons at Yale University Press

 

Category: Free Speech
Schools: Yale University

Yale University censored images of Mohammed in author Jytte Klausen’s book, The Cartoons That Shook the World, which discusses the controversy and violence that resulted from the publication of cartoons of Mohammed in a Danish newspaper in 2005. The book, published by the Yale University Press in fall 2009, was to contain images of the cartoons and other images of Mohammed. However, Yale University intervened in the editorial process of its Press, submitted the cartoons out of context to a group of anonymous consultants and, relying on their opinions, decided to remove the cartoons from the book. Despite much criticism of the university’s decision to override academic freedom and avoid controversy, Klausen’s book was published without any of the images.
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On the 2009 Yale decision, see also:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082803168.html

* Petty Politics