Well, this is disturbing to anyone who cares about the future of higher education: On Wednesday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the online courses could increase access and keep costs down. "I am very, very, very interested in MOOCs," he said. "We need some disruptive...
Month: May 2013
Maybe I'm just up far too early for human thinking to be in work, but I stumbled across this article and I can't say I don't find it compelling. Megan.
Here is more evidence that illegal marijuana plantations on national forest land leads to significant problems to wildlife: In the West Coast marijuana-growing region known as the Emerald Triangle, scientists.
Manufacturing scandals. I couldn't for the life of me understand why my Facebook feed brimmed over with hatred for Adam Levine this morning -- I take that back. It's entirely understandable why people might brim over with hate for Adam Levine if they happen to...
Daniel Gross' discussion of IWW Local 8, the iteration of the Wobblies on the Philadelphia docks during the 1910s is interesting, but it's a lot more problematic as a lesson.
I have more on Obama's forthcoming trio of appointments to the D.C. Circuit. While it's likely that at least 2 and very possibly 3 of the nominees will be rejected,.
This is fascinating stuff, as much for the blood and gore of Age of Sail naval warfare as for the legal complications associated with impressed Americans in the War of 1812: At Plymouth we heard some vague rumors of a declaration of war against America....
Via alicublog... I think John Fund might be trollin' when he says "The thesis of both his book and op-ed are simple. All too often the difference between left and.
The beacon of freedom burns a bit dimmer this morning: Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann, who last year ran for the Republican presidential nomination, announced on Wednesday that she will.
Eric Wedge.
1950's "How to Lose What We Have" is first-rate capitalist propaganda precisely because it lacks anything even remotely approaching subtlety, unless you count its conflation of the New Deal with.
Leon Wieseltier asks the right question in his graduation speech at Brandeis: "Has there ever been a moment in American life when the humanities were cherished less, and has there.