BY MARTIN KICH Writing for the Detroit News, Michael Gerstein reports: A northern Michigan Republican Party official resigned on Wednesday after landing in hot water for implying in a tweet that university protesters in California should be stopped violently. Dan Adamini, the Marquette County Republican Party secretary, apologized for his tweet. It made national news…
BY MARTIN KICH What follows are some excerpts from an article written by Andrew Haffner for the Bismarck (ND) Tribune: A bill described by its sponsor as a means to ensure freedom of speech in North Dakota higher education by rejecting ‘political correctness gone crazy’ has passed in the state House. “Rep. Rick Becker, R-Bismarck,…
BY MARTIN KICH If you have not seen Tavis Smiley’s interview with the linguist George Lakoff, it is very much worth watching. Lakoff offers much insight into how progressives need to frame issues in order to reach the broadest possible spectrum of voters: http://www.pbs.org/video/2365951602/. Here are the opening paragraphs of Lakoff’s blog post “Understanding Trump,”…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The speech was provided by Elizabeth Warren’s office and published below an article written by David Marans for Huffington Post, highlighting her key points. I’m going to cut to the chase: We’re gathered today in Baltimore during a moment of crisis – for us as progressives, for us as Democrats, for…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH We are getting used to seeing this sort of thing in states in which, largely because of gerrymandering, the GOP control of state government is all out of proportion to their actual share of voters. But, what is significant about this story, reported in the Daily Kos Elections: Voting Rights Roundup…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH These lists are from an article written by Abby Jackson for Business Insider: The first chart indicates those institutions with the most currently enrolled students who are citizens of the seven predominantly Muslim nations covered by Trump’s ban: The second chart ranks the institutions by the loss of direct revenue that…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Here are excerpts from two articles for Huffington Post on Andy Puzder, President Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Labor. The first excerpt is from Ryan Grim’s nightly newsletter: When I was in high school and working in the Washington College dining hall kitchen, where I swear it was 120 degrees,…
BY MARTIN KICH Frank T. Brogan, the Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, has moved forward with a review of the finances of the 14 institutions in the system, with the goal of “reorganizing” the system—or merging or closing some of the institutions—to make it more “sustainable.” There is a considerable range…
BY MARTIN KICH What follows is from an uncredited story published by the Northwest Florida Daily News: In a debate that has repeatedly flared in recent years, a House Republican on Monday proposed Sunshine Law exemptions for information about applicants for top jobs at state universities and colleges. “The proposal (HB 351), filed by Rep.…