Clinging to a Bankrupt Monetary System By Eric Fry 11/15/11 Laguna Beach, California – “Europe is in one of its toughest — perhaps the toughest — hours since World War II,” German Chancellor, Angela Merkel declared yesterday. Who would argue with her? The Second World War crippled the Euro[...]
Archive for November, 2011
November 16th, 2011 - 10:34 am § in America
How to fix higher education, on the cheap!
Ed Lascowza, a UW Prof, bemoans the fact that we turn away two-thirds of the students qualified to become computer scientists. TWO THIRDS! For a lot of us, Ed misses the question. Students may want Comp Sci or pre med, but that may not be where the jobs are. Worse, shouldn’t we be giving[...]
Colleges can give atheletes 2,000/week in pocket money, Bobby Rush: Like the Mafia!
WASHINGTON (AP) —”I think they’re just one of the most vicious, most ruthless organizations ever created by mankind,” Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush said of the NCAA at a congressional forum on college sports Tuesday. “I think you would compare the NCAA to Al Capone and to the Ma[...]
George Will Tries to Figure Out What Romney Says
George Will assembles these pretzels from the Moron Mormon running for the Reprican nomination in corn growing Iowa Romney in May: “I believe ethanol is an important part of our energy solution for this country.” and “ethanol is part of national security.”ethanol should “continue to [...]
November 15th, 2011 - 5:02 pm § in Uncategorized
Higher Ed in Iraq, after Bush
from the chronicle of higher education: By Ursula Lindsey Amman, Jordan Does the government of Iraq spend less on higher education now than Saddam Hussein did? Are most Iraqi academics suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder? Do female academics in Iraq need more support? These and other issue[...]
November 14th, 2011 - 11:57 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
Good News for Harvard
Harvard Raises $639M Despite Tough Economy 1 By Tara W. Merrigan and Zoe A. Y. Weinberg Despite a shaky economy, Harvard raised a record setting $639 million during the 2011 fiscal year, the third-largest amount ever accrued in the University’s history.[...]
November 14th, 2011 - 11:46 pm § in Misc.
Banning The Necktie … But Can Women Wear Scarves?
from Vos iz Neias? Albany, NY – A group of State senators are backing legislation that could prevent doctors from wearing neckties. Declaring ties ‘deadly,’ the Senators have proposed a bill to form a 25-member advisory council that would be charged with developing a hygienic dress code [...]
What If This Is The Future?
Excerpts from post by Jon Evans on Tech Crunch. There is something odd going on. While millions of long-term unemployed fight desperately to tread water, technology’s handmaidens — software engineers — are minting money like bailed-out bankers. The New York Times chimes in: “technology is qu[...]
Accreditation of Online “Universities” a hot potato
Based on a a truly frightening article The Chronicle of Higher Education WGU may want to worry about its accreditation. Congress has gotten involved in accrediting online colleges. The motivation in Congress is that “for-profit” companies rake in federal financial aid withou[...]