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Reverse Busing

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On August 24, 2014
We all know how much white conservatives opposed school busing. The most famous case was in Boston, when Louise Day Hicks became famous saving south Boston from the horrors of white kids going to school with black kids. So it was a strong principle for...

McDonnell

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On July 11, 2013
Color me shocked that a Republican as principled and upstanding as Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is as crooked as a bag of snakes.* You'd think McDonnell would have just waited for the big grift until he was out of office and a lobbyist himself. *...

The War Continues

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On June 29, 2012
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has reappointed Helen Dragas, architect of the coup that temporarily ousted University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan, to the Board of Visitors. As I said before, the corporate community is in this war on public higher education for the long haul....
Daniel Willingham, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, on the ouster of the school's president and the behavior of the plutocrats behind the plan. A few tidbits, but you should read the whole thing. Dear Ms. Dragas & Mr. Kington: I’m writing to...

UVA

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On June 17, 2012

Updating yesterday's post that used the firing of Teresa Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, as a jumping off point for thinking about why we think rich people know.

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