An Even Better Table for Ben Carson’s Office
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH What follows is a brief descriptive item from the daily newsletter Curbed, taken largely from the announcement from Wright Auctions: A rare work by midcentury designer Isamu Noguchi, a 1948 marble table, is expected to fetch between $1 million and $1.5 million when it heads to the auction block later this year. A…
Major Overhaul of Arizona Higher Ed Attached to Natural Resources Bill
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The following is from a news story in the Arizona Republic: A bill to fundamentally restructure how Arizona’s three state universities are managed passed an Arizona Senate committee Monday as a fast-tracked proposal that won’t receive much public input. Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley, wants to effectively dismantle the Arizona Board…
For Zuckerberg, Big Issues Looming through 2020
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH What follows is the lead item in last night’s Overnight Technology newsletter from The Hill: Highlights from Zuckerberg’s Interviews: CNN: Zuckerberg said the company was open to some regulation. “Actually, I’m not sure we shouldn’t be regulated.” “I actually think the question is more ‘What is the right regulation?’ rather than ‘Yes…
Headline of the Day
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Our relationship with technology—and, in particular, technological advancements that are on the horizon and that promise major and not entirely predictable changes in how we conduct our daily lives—has always been ambivalent at best. But the newsletter teaser for an article in the Los Angeles Times on the inevitability of human…
“Wright in Your Neighborhood” Forums
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The Wright State Chapter of AAUP will be holding three community forums this semester on the value of a public university to the Miami Valley region around Dayton. We have decided that since the university seems to de-emphasize faculty in its advertising and public messaging, we will attempt to redress that…
Losing Your Mission Means Losing Your Way
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The title of this post comes from an op-ed written by Michael A. MacDowell, President Emeritus of Misericordia University and managing director of the Calvin K. Kazanjian Foundation, for the March 18 edition of the Naples News in Florida. The foundation was created in 1947 by the founder of the candy…
Highest-Paid Public Employee in Each State for 2017
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The statistics on salaries are from ESPN (cited at the end of the post). In a piece for Business Insider, Matthew Michaels has added the governor’s salaries and median household incomes for each state as comparative measures. The listing is from the lowest “highest salary” to the highest. See the…
Wright State Chapter’s Contract Campaign: Pop Culture Memes
“Ungovernment” Is a Euphemism for an Attack on the Rights of the Most Marginalized
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH One of the neologisms related to the Trump administration with the most pernicious implications may be the phrase “task traitor.” It refers to the appointment of cabinet secretaries and other executive officers who have a deep-seated antipathy toward the departments and agencies that that are being appointed to head. Although I…