Students Protest Decision to Ban Protest
A School Board in Colorado seeks to ban the teaching of dissent and protest in the public school curriculum in favor of […]
Why Poor Students Struggle in College
Here is an article from the New York Times that discusses some of the cultural challenges students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds confront […]
Labor Dazed
On Labor Day I took my daughter to the parade. It’s an event full of meaning but for her it was mainly […]
This is How Power Works: A Primer and Illustration
The following post was written in 2014 during a controversy on our campus involving the resignation of a recently-hired University president, Timothy […]
The half-million dollar question
Here is a link to a guest column I wrote for our campus newspaper. It deals with, among other things, the way […]
Four Decades Of Taxes And Spending, In 2 Graphs
Here is an interesting look from the Planet Money team at NPR at how our taxing and spending has changed little over […]
Let Them Eat Peppers!
I recently had a chance to visit an old friend who moved to Scotland several years ago. He and his wife now […]
What If Money Were No Object?
Alan Watts describes in three minutes how to live a truly successful life.
Wealth Inequality in America
Here is a great little video that illustrates the extent of wealth inequality in the U.S.
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