POSTED BY MARTIN KICH In an article for Forbes, Tom Lindsay reports on the scope of the student debt problem as a preface to discussing H.R. 4508, legislation introduced by Virginia Foxx (R-NC) to “reform” higher education ostensibly to make it more affordable. Titled the “Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act,”…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Let’s start with two headlines from yesterday’s Columbus Dispatch: Green Party’s Presidential Candidate’s Speech Delayed after She Flies to Wrong City Fire Department Cancels Charity Campaign after Firefighter Is Struck by Car 7-Eleven Deploys Donut Delivery Drone Aer Lingus Passenger Dies after Biting Another Passenger Banksy Graffiti Vandalized at Sundance…
First several higher-ed items: Concordia U Public Safety Director Fired for Masturbating in Office No Phones, Please. This Is a Communications Class Other Items: 1,900 Killed in Syria during Peace Talks 2nd Order Mistake Leads to Drive-Thru Shooting at Grand Rapids’ McDonald’s Ariana Grande Will Not Be Charged In Donut-Licking Incident Border Patrol in…
Here are some relatively recent headlines that I have collected: Former Al-Qaeda Barber Seized in Iraq American without Arab Roots Almosts Wins “Arabs Got Talent!” Andy Kauffman’s Brother Says He’s the Victim of a Hoax Biologists Use Cannons to Capture and Tag Endangered Birds Celebrating the Holidays behind Bars China to Send Pig Sperm to…
On Monday, the Columbus Dispatch reported that Governor Kasich has appointed Gordon Gee, President Emeritus of Ohio State University, to “lead a study looking for ways to make college more affordable and relevant for Ohio students.” More specifically, Gee will “spend the next year working with other college presidents, K-12 education leaders, and the business…
All summer, various Far-Right organizations have been making money hand over fist by selling bumper stickers, t-shirts, coffee mugs, and all sorts of other paraphernalia usually associated with political campaigns but, in this instance, promoting three delusional political causes: (1) the impending impeachment of President Obama; (2) the impending confiscation of all guns from all…
The Far Right’s favorite euphemism is “reform.” Their notion of “reform” is the equivalent of “reforming” a criminal by executing him. Or since many on the Far Right (Ted Nugent, for certain) would applaud that analogy, it is the equivalent of running a chainsaw through the base of a shade tree in order to “save”…
Over the past six months or so, I have saved the following headlines. I think that they justify the title of this post. _______________ 1,000 California Foster Care Homes Match Sex Offender Addresses Are We Going to Become Allies of al-Qaeda “Bea Arthur Naked,” John Currin Painting, Auctioned for $1.8 Million Body Slamming Piglets to…
The following mission statement is taken directly from the website for the Clean Ohio Fund: “The Clean Ohio Fund restores, protects, and connects Ohio’s important natural and urban places by preserving green space and farmland, improving outdoor recreation, and cleaning up brownfields to encourage redevelopment and revitalize communities.” More specifically, the site delineates the ways…
