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September 10th, 2011 - 8:22 am § in Misc.
PRIVITIZATION Princeton Style
The AVE has reported previously that the private ivies, because they subsidize tuition by merit scholarships, are actually a lot mess expensive than public schools like the UW. While the UW and its peer public ivies drift toward a financially elite status, “private ” schools like Princ[...]
January 5th, 2011 - 5:53 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Goldy’s rant was right, Princeton is a bargain!
I recommend this Kiplinger survey! Goldy’s editorial on tution at private bvs. public schools was called a “rant” by the editor at the AAUP listserv. She was wrong. According to Kiplinger, Princeton is the best bargain among hugh prestige American universities: in order of average [...]
Book review: “To Rule the Waves”
If you read only one book on global politics and strategy this year, make it this one. The author, Bruce D. Jones (bio here), has an academic background and has worked for the U.N., World Bank, and is currently at the Brookings Institution. He’s been a fellow at Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and [...]
I’m used to racist/sexist GOP candidates, but a lobotomized one?
Disclaimer: Just because I’m used to them, doesn’t mean I vote for them. Blake Masters, 36, is the 2022 Arizona GOP nominee for U.S. senator. He wasn’t born stupid, as he has B.A. and J.D. degrees from Stanford, so his cerebral cortex must have been pithed at some point, perhaps as[...]
June 9th, 2022 - 2:58 pm § in Science
Extinct tortoise found alive!
The last time anybody saw a live Chelonoidis phantasticus was in 1906. But there she is. The tortoise (photo, left) was found on a little-explored volcanic island in the Galápagos archipelago, which helps explain how she crawled under the radar so long. “Everything we knew about this species sai[...]
Ted Cruz, nonsense peddler
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is the man who stood on a debate stage and smiled when Trump called his father a “terrorist,” and later sucked up to Trump. He’s the man who fled to sunny Mexico when his state’s power grid failed and his constituents froze, some to death. He can’t [...]
Choosing the UW over Princeton?
The GPA to get into the UW is now around 3.7. When I went to Harvard, Princeton was a notorious haven for the white elite. That has not been true for some time. Their great efforts to become a part of the diversity of America are reflected in the careers of Michelle Obama and [...]