now i suppose there is a good reason why Obama, who has been silent in public on his reasoning and authority to committ the US to another war in the Middle East, has now decided, in the face of pressure to address the nation. The most obvious reason, ie the latest tap on the knee, […]
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what exactly is our policy and position on Libya?
take your pick: we either will or wont insert ground troops the fighting will be over in either days weeks or months NATO will or wont lead the coalition the US will or wont lead thanks for clearing that up Related articles Nato takes over Libya no-fly zone (bbc.co.uk) Nato takes over Libya no-fly zone […]
the high frontier of graduate education
my take on the internal/external elements of AQAL as it connects to our role in higher education, is that we have an obligation to be a critical mirror for our students we engage with them to mutually learn critical thinking skills, and we give them feedback from deep in our own experience and research. at […]
Press and pundits unite to denounce the calls for violence aimed at Republican state senators in Wisconsin, who are doing what they were elected to do.
Dont hold your breath. When a hundred thousand Tea Partiers peacefully assemble to protest outrageous spending habits of public officials who have refinanced the futures of their granchildren, the Left cannot wait to label them as terrorists. When Wisconsin is engaged in a political process to arrange their internal affairs and the Left doesn’t get […]
reflections on state funding for higher education
our cohort is looking at trends in state level funding for higher education and saw Arkansas proposing a plan to tie funding to short term measures of performance like class completion %, which triggered the following reflection on my part during our weekly discussions 1. state legislatures are tied to the annual and biannual budget […]
Wisconsin Tea Partier calls for bloody reprisals against teachers, is castigated by the press
Oops, no, sorry. I meant to say that it was an elected Democrat, who called for blood in protesting Wisconsin‘s governors actions, and so therefore, not a peep against this call fr violence. I am shocked, shocked! I really dont mind his rhetoric; I actually agree with him in principle, which puts he and I […]
Public employee unions shovel money to the Democrats: is that really news?
Here is the money quote: Follow the money, Washington reporters like to say. The money in this case comes from taxpayers, present and future, who are the source of every penny of dues paid to public employee unions, who in turn spend much of that money on politics, almost all of it for Democrats. In […]
The power of water, and reflections on critical thinking
Image via Wikipedia A testimony to the power of water, in recent Australian floods. www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=kYUpkPTcqPY Water level in rivers follows the Log-Pearson 3 probability distribution(see attached picture) Tightly clustered around the mean, with little variation, and a limit on how far the left hand tail can go (ie “dry”) The right hand tail though is […]
Reflections on economy, China and education
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704062604576105952027426880.html another step in the realization of the Chinese Century. They are in the same economic position the US was at the end of WW2: had all the money, the manufacturing base and the need & capacity to export to war torn countries of Europe. Look at what happened in the 50s and 60s until […]
Reflections on Starobin’s Five Roads to the Future
Paul Starobin’ s biography (from the author), from NationalJournal.com Related Link: http://www.afteramericabook.com Paul Starobin is a staff correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor to The Atlantic Monthly. He is author of the new book “After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age,” available in soft cover as “Five Roads to the Future: Power […]