Were this someone’s attempt at a Tom Friedman parody account, rather than the actual synopsis of an actual Tom Friedman essay, I’d call it cliched and uninspired. This human has passed through parody and gone out the other side. He is a parody wormhole, which the scientists of the future might exploit to permit faster-than-light […]
Continue reading →So here’s some bile from commenter Dawn Kwicksoat that is one part common, one part unique: And you guys… we have to stop arguing by telling others what the believe instead of arguing with what they actually believe. It’s useless and destructive. I guess when you use a different internet handle at other locales, this […]
Continue reading →Last night, I appeared on Interchange with Doug Storm on WFHB in Bloomington. I chatted about my dissertation research, why I am guardedly optimistic about the Collegiate Learning Assessment, the crisis narrative in education, and the Gates Foundation’s role in Common Core. You can check it out here.
Continue reading →As Libby Nelson wrote, it seems like everybody and their brother, including your cousin Freddie, wrote about the Brookings Institution paper on student loan debts today. It’s an emotional conversation. Given the limitations of our information, it’s also a frustrating conversation. But it’s a profoundly necessary type of conversation, and one that we’re going to […]
Continue reading →I don’t know who came up with this, but it’s the truth.
Continue reading →You know I started my old blog on a public computer at my local library. At the time, I was poor, directionless, and terribly unhappy. (Today, I’m poor, somewhat directed, and happy.) I knew no one in media, had no professional resume to speak of, and had no reasonable expectation that anyone would read me […]
Continue reading →A couple people have asked me, since Piketty’s Capital is on my summer reading list, if I’ll review it. The answer’s no, for the simple reason that I’m not equipped to offer an informed review. I just don’t have enough background in economics to say anything worth reading. There’s tons of reviews you can read from […]
Continue reading →I hate to do it, but I’m shutting off comments for awhile. It’s depressing but predictable that I feel compelled to do so after writing a post about how men hurt women. Sorry for the inconvenience to some of you.
Continue reading →It’s a gorgeous day in western Indiana today so I decided to bike to the Tippecanoe Battlefield. It’s about 7 miles from my house, which is nothing for a serious biker. But then I’m far from a serious biker. I pedaled my three speed out there. It’s up River Road, which would be nice except […]
Continue reading →Someone called Jonah Shepp at the Dish says that, in this piece where I criticized Reihan Salam for his wrong and insulting piece on public school funding, I “lost it.” Honey, if you think that’s me losing it…. Look: read Salam’s piece. Then read mine. Reihan Salam’s piece was far, far more aggressive and insulting […]
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