Belated happy new year everyone. I’ve had good intentions to blog more often, but all of my writing energy is going toward new songs, editing research papers for publication, and trying to land a letter in Penthouse Forum. Here is a bunch of things I’ve been reading/digging/thinking about over the last month, culled from my [...]
Tagged too many to list, twitterI’m interested to hear what you think about President Obama’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. I understand some of the criticisms of Obama’s decision: we are getting more deeply involved in an endless quagmire; we can’t afford to spend trillions fighting — for what, exactly? — when there are so many desperate problems [...]
Tagged Afghanistan, Obama, politicsFrom my Twitter feed: Sociology/Social issues/Higher Ed Can you imagine the outrage that would ensue if dozens of white teens died in the Chicago suburbs every year? Chicago public schools in 2007-08 academic year: 34 deaths and 290 shootings. Not enough ppl care, certainly not ones in power. Sad. http://bit.ly/tI4nF # Thomas LaVeist does work [...]
Tagged music, politics, sociologyMatt Taibbi’s excellent (and bitterly funny) analysis of the health care reform process so far: Rolling Stone – http://bit.ly/10Ccwd # Chronicle of Higher Education: Higher Ed admin salaries up 5%, 5.4% in last two years, faculty salaries up 4.1%, 3.4%. http://bit.ly/je1VH # Massive report of college class of 1999: class, race, gender disparities still a [...]
Tagged academia, good beer, health care, higher educationNY’s Mercy College offers 1-on-1 mentoring for incoming frosh. Our students frequently complain to me about advising. http://bit.ly/23MfAo # Minnesota’s AD: Big 10 about business, MAC about educating. I feel the same way about research vs. teaching schools. http://bit.ly/16HO2L # GOP parents teach their kids an early lesson about partisan hatred. Nice work. NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cutwL [...]
Tagged twitterAkron/Cleveland bummer: Bang and the Clatter Theatre defaults on loan, closes up shop. cleveland.com http://bit.ly/XHs3J # I love this. GOP strategists worry about effect of Palin, Beck, Limbaugh on party’s future. Reap what you sow. HuffPo: http://bit.ly/91oYm # Interesting question of taste vs. perception: craft brewers moving from bottles to cans. Akron Beacon-Journal: http://bit.ly/ZraRu # [...]
Tagged Akron arts, good beer, sociology, wingnutsRT @digiphile: 46 years ago today, MLK shared his dream from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial: http://bit.ly/1adE48 | “Free at last” # Seriously, these guys have no shame. Mike Huckabee : “Kennedy Would Have Been Urged To Die Earlier Under ObamaCare http://bit.ly/2TFAUk # Good preview of La Vuelta A Espana (Tour of Spain) from [...]
Tagged Chris McCandless, cycling, Krakauer, MLK, New Orleans, race, wingnutsRT @PIH_org: How Mountains Beyond Mountains and Paul Farmer led Tracy Kidder to write Strength in What Remains: http://bit.ly/obPUl # Absolutely wonderful book. RT @PIH_org: New edition of Mountains Beyond Mountains published today! w/ updated epilogue http://bit.ly/ob8V9 # RT @mtrobinson: RT @HopkinsCHDS: Unsafe urban neighborhoods linked to teen weight http://bit.ly/KAZXQ #sociotweet # Most takes on [...]
Tagged health, neighborhoods, Paul Farmer, race, Ted Kennedy, Tracy Kidder, violenceWeird headline (Inside Higher Ed): “Gay Football Players Exist.” Of course. 70% of PAC-10 players know gay teammate. http://bit.ly/uWAxS # WTF?RT @digg_2000: “McDonald’s Has a Website for Black People” – http://digg.com/d211gcp?t1 # Everyone should own this. RT @largeheartedboy: On sale at Amazon MP3: The Faces’ classic 1973 album, Ooh La La for $2.99 http://bit.ly/EmxoJ # [...]
Tagged bureaucracy, cycling, music, sexuality, sportsSome urban school districts are recruiting students (likely white students given segregation & white flight) – AP – http://bit.ly/MUChm # Is Obama close to moving on health care legislation w/o Republicans? Bloomberg – http://bit.ly/7Xqri #thisisaninfuriatingissue # Please fwd, especially to ppl who don’t know Pollan/Food Inc. Time: Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap [...]
Tagged food industry, health care, LeBron, urban schools