http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/duke/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:27:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419186/posts The "Duke 88" consisted of 88 Duke professors who signed an ad which implicitly assumed that Duke lacrosse players raped a black stripper, an allegation that proved to be entirely fraudulent. The ad praised protesters who had put lacrosse players' photos on "wanted" posters, associated "what happened to this young woman" with "racism and sexism," and suggested that the lacrosse players were getting privileged treatment because of their race. The ad appeared almost four years ago. Stuart Taylor takes a look at what has happened since to some of the 88 thoroughly wrongheaded professors who signed it. First, according to... Power Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419186/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:27:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410682/posts Much of academia appears to have a disregard of due process and a bias against white males. You might think that a university whose students were victims of the most notorious fraudulent rape claim in recent history, and whose professors -- 88 of them -- signed an ad implicitly presuming guilt, and whose president came close to doing the same would have learned some lessons. The facts are otherwise. They also suggest that Duke University's ugly abuse in 2006 and 2007 of its now-exonerated lacrosse players -- white males accused by a black stripper and hounded by a mob hewing... National Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410682/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:15:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404136/posts A former Duke University employee and adoptive gay father charged with molesting his five-year-old son--and offering the boy as a sex object to pedophiles online--is expected to make a plea bargain, according to a Dec. 1 article in local newspaper the Durham Herald Sun. Frank Lombard faces charges stemming from alleged instances in which he molested his young adopted son and chatted about the deeds online even as he carried them out. It’s thought that the U.S, Attorney’s Office is positioning the case for a plea arrangement because the Office is set to file an "information," which allows the prosecution... Edge (gay pride mag from Boston) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404136/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401933/posts Over the course of the last few weeks, I have received several requests for an update on the Frank Lombard case. Lombard is the (now former) Duke administrator who was accused last summer of attempting to allow, and even arrange for, strangers he met on the internet to rape his adopted child. A few days ago, WRAL, a Raleigh-based news station, released an update on the case. That update is worth re-printing here, along with my commentary, both for what the update says and what it does not say: “A former Duke University employee has agreed to plead guilty to... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401933/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:09:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397480/posts DURHAM -- Frank Lombard, the former Duke University administrator charged with a series of sex crimes involving his adopted 5-year-old son, is scheduled to be arraigned in court today -- the next step in a likely plea agreement for him. The U.S. Attorney's Office will file an "information" today in Washington, D.C., District Court against Lombard, charging him with sexual exploitation of a minor. The filing of an information is a legal maneuver by the prosecution that is an alternative to a grand jury indictment, "with the defendant agreeing to be charged by information," said Ben Friedman, a spokesman for... The Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397480/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:28:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391751/posts 4 at Duke get drug-resistant H1N1 By KEITH UPCHURCH DURHAM -- Four patients at Duke University Medical Center, all from North Carolina, have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the antiviral drug Tamiflu, and three have died, health officials announced Friday at a news conference in Raleigh. The fourth patient, a woman, is still a patient at Duke and ''is doing much better,'' they said. Although the four had the H1N1 virus, they all had other medical problems, so it's uncertain if the swine flu caused their deaths, they said. All four were in an... The Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391751/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354467/posts Contrary to what my title indicates, I probably judge Barack Obama more harshly than most reading this page.  I don't think he is just a misguided ideologue or merely a creature of expediency.  I believe, practically speaking, he is an evil man.  That is to say, while he is largely ignorant like so many others, he has developed an affinity for evil.  He mistakes it for good. Yet, to be blunt, Obama doesn't alarm me as much as the average American.  To explain why, I'll present something Roman philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero said 2000 years ago when lamenting... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354467/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 05:49:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351468/posts DURHAM (WTVD) -- An overtime scandal at the Durham Police Department will cost a high-ranking officer her job. Sources told Eyewitness News Deputy Chief B.J. Council is leaving the department. Eyewitness News has learned Council was placed on administrative duty Tuesday and will be out of her job by Friday. Her departure stems from an internal probe of a Durham police officer's overtime pay. That officer earned more than $62,000 in overtime, exceeding the officer's actual salary. Sources said the officer's overtime was approved by the police department's second-in-command, who is Council. A news conference is planned for Wednesday. WTVD-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351468/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:24:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330722/posts In case you missed it, Mark Steyn delivered a brilliant monologue at the beginning of the second hour of the Rush Limbaugh Show today (he was subbing while Rush is on vacation). The essence of which was that the leftist (and mainstream media) arguments that Teddy Kennedy's sins should be forgiven because he did so much for the common man was, essentially, a monarchical argument with no place in American society. (more) Citizen5408 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330722/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 21:36:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329745/posts Not content with the mess they created when the university threw innocent lacrosse team players to the wolves following a manifestly false accusation of group rape, Duke university has now instituted a policy for handling rape charges manifestly unfair to the accused. KC Johnson whose work in defense of the lacrosse team was outstanding, has exposed this outrage as well oin his site, Durham in Wonderland. Three Duke University students were the victims of the highest-profile fraudulent rape claim in modern American history. That fact alone should make the University particularly sensitive to the dangers of false rape allegations, and... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329745/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:03:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2325478/posts Colleges are generally known as safe, distinguished spaces for young people to explore their interests, prepare for a fulfilling career, and experience invaluable growth in their social, intellectual, spiritual, personal and professional lives. Sometimes, though, even the most reputable colleges are vulnerable to unethical, unfair practices that compromise the safety of students and integrity of the school’s reputation. Here, we’ll take a look at the top 10 college scandals of all time. Online College Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2325478/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:01:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308481/posts Pine trees grown for 12 years in air one-and-a-half times richer in carbon dioxide than today's levels produced twice as many seeds of at least as good a quality as those growing under normal conditions, a Duke University-led research team reported Aug. 3 at a national ecology conference. ScienceDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308481/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 04:03:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302897/posts When the Duke University-lacrosse-rape story broke in the spring of 2006, it sparked massive media coverage nationwide for more than two years and endless liberal posturing about white privilege vs. a disadvantaged black woman – three Duke lacrosse players were charged with raping and kidnapping a black stripper. It all turned out to be a lie, as we now know, and the politically correct house of cards collapsed. The liberal media quickly moved on with few regrets about a rush to judgment. Now there is another Duke University-rape story with a strong evidence trail of e-mails, photos, and videos, as... The Remnant Newspaper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302897/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:12:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295500/posts Durham, N.C. — Duke University has fired an employee who faces federal child sex charges. Frank M. Lombard, 42, of 24 Indigo Creek Trail in Durham, was let go from his position as associate director of the Center for Health Policy at Duke, a spokesman said. Duke Vice President for Public Affairs Michael Schoenfeld said Lombard was placed on unpaid leave at the time of his arrest June 24 and was fired Monday. Schoenfeld added that the university was cooperating with the investigation. Lombard faces extradition to Washington, D.C., to face charges that he solicited an adult to have... http://www.wral.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295500/posts#comment Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:52:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291789/posts <p>Where are the defenders of "the cause" when you need them? When an actual social tragedy occurs, where are the self-titled leaders of the black movement? I'll answer my own question: They're busy fighting for an interview or a microphone during all of the Michael Jackson festivities.</p> One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291789/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:23:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284997/posts ...snip Frank Lombard The question was raised by Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House, today immediately after a very short news briefing when only a handful of the dozens of reporters in attendance were able to ask questions. In a one-minute encounter after the briefing, Kinsolving was able to ask Gibbs, "Why has there been no presidential comment on the AP-reported Frank Lombard case?" Gibbs responded: "What is the Frank Lombard case?" Explained Kinsolving, "WND and (Rush) Limbaugh also reported that Lombard, who is Duke University's associate director of the Center for Health Policy, has been arrested after... http://www.worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284997/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:01:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283444/posts Rush just brought up the Frank Lombard story and will be talking about it in this half hour. You can listen here on the internet. www.wrva.com  http://www.rushlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283444/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:27:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283013/posts A Duke University official is accused of offering his 5-year-old adopted son for sex on the Internet, according to the FBI and court documents in the case. Frank M. Lombard is the associate director of Duke University's Center for Health Policy. Frank M. Lombard is the associate director of Duke University's Center for Health Policy. Frank M. Lombard, 42, was arrested last week at his home in Durham, North Carolina. During an Internet chat, Lombard allegedly offered the child to the person he was chatting with, who was a task force officer from Washington's Metropolitan Police, the FBI said in... http://edition.cnn.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283013/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 03:50:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282934/posts It's the gays, no doubt about it. No, wait. It's those darned communal-living enclaves. Scratch that. It's Duke University and President Obama. That's who done it. Predictably irrational responses from the usual Internet riffraff. Those braying, brave bloggers -- brave, that is, as long as they're hiding behind the anonymity of the Internet -- would have us believe that those groups and others are responsible for the alleged sexual assault of a 5-year-old boy by the Duke University administrator who adopted him and is accused of trying to pimp him out so that others could abuse him. Frank Lombard, associate... http://www.newsobserver.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282934/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 01:29:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282809/posts We all remember the infamous Duke University rape frame-up case, in which three white lacrosse players were falsely accused of raping a black female stripper. It was front-page news coast to coast, as it had all the elements of a mainstream-media cause célèbre: the perfect victim and the perfect villains, a “downtrodden” black woman of modest means and three “privileged” white college boys. Thus did the hard-left alliance of media, academia, and a Democrat prosecutor try its best to lynch the three, and if the stripper’s story hadn’t changed with the wind, the students could very well be sitting in... http://www.thenewamerican.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282809/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:17:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282254/posts It all began on a hot southern summer day on Indigo Creek Trail much like an episode of one of those to catch a predator shows that are so popular these days and leave honest folk with their mouths slack from incredulity and disgust with the only difference being that instead of a perp coming to a decoy house stocked with fresh made lemonade or sweet tea, cameras, and an moralizing media finger wagger the authorities were instead coming to the house of one Frank Lombard and his male house mate. Frank was a successful gay man so much so... http://www.rpvnetwork.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282254/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:56:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282241/posts Liberal Media Silent On Gay Duke University Offcial Accused Of Molesting Black 5yo Son Of course, if this was about a bunch of rich, white kids accused of raping a black hooker, it'd be a story, maybe even national headlines.....but wait: A Duke University official has been charged in federal court with offering his 5-year-old adopted son up for sex. Frank Lombard, associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested Wednesday in Raleigh, the FBI said. Politik Ditto http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282241/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:03:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281668/posts  Gay Duke University Official Molested Black Adopted Son, Pimped son to Cop http://www.youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281668/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:48:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281645/posts The on-line rape of his 5-year-old adopted son by Duke University's openly-gay, Frank Lombard, is no anomaly. Instead, Lombard's molestation fits the pattern that emerged in the latest review of the scientific literature about gay fathers. Lombard lives with his gay partner, another Duke University employee. The Arrest Warrant documents that Lombard sodomized one of his two adopted African-American sons and made the boy give him oral sex on-line. He offered other gays the same opportunity. Although the boy was drugged, "it is likely he developed interest in gay sex through these activities," said Dr. Paul Cameron, an expert in... christiannewswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281645/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:06:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281121/posts Please forgive the accurate but inflammatory headline. I just wanted to get your attention. Did I do that? Good. Because we have another Duke Rape case. And this time it’s probably not a hoax. About the author, Professor Mike Adams: ... In his writing he examines the seamy underside of Liberal campus culture. Well, here's a seamy underside that is not going to get much sunlight in the MSM. Nowhere nearly as much attention as the trumped up Duke Lacrosse Rape case. According to Adams, it seems that ... Duke University has another rape case on its hands. This one... The Virginian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281121/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:10:07 GMT