New School Divestment – Updates and Thoughts
So as I recently wrote here and in my column in The Free Press, The New School should divest all of its endowment from fossil fuels. Following up on that post, there was...
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Ham on Nye: Kentucky Creationism Debate for Dinner
I’m sure there will be plenty of interesting commentary in the coming days about last night’s (Feb 4th) much-hyped public debate between “Evolution” defender Bill Nye (The Science Guy) and “Creation” defender Ken...
Why the Internet and Net Neutrality Need Defending
In case you haven’t already heard the news, there was an important legal verdict handed down recently from the US Court of Appeals in DC having to do with net neutrality and broadband...
The Once and Future Pope: How an Imaginary 3rd Vatican Council Report Sparked Public Debate
Tears were welling up in my eyes as I finished reading the story. One of my old friends said he almost fell out of his breakfast nook from shock. Posts about the story...
Social Justice, bell hooks and The New School
This article was originally published as an OpEd in The Free Press with the title: Justice: Are We Walking or Just Talking? By way of context, we had a series of events this...
Eldo Kim: Harvard Idiot or Rogue Genius?
Is Harvard undergrad Eldo Kim secretly brilliant or just really dense? That was the nagging question on my brain this evening after reading the LA Times coverage of his arrest. In case you...
