From a voice on Quora: In defense of Americans, if they want to see mountains, they have mountains. If they want to see a lake, or the ocean, or the desert, or a tropical island, or even the arctic? They have all of it. All without having...
Dear friends, Thoughts? A wealthy school could afford to improve the teaching strategy, the same curriculum, by retro-technology. But in the United States there has been thinking on meritocracy for nearly a century, and, indeed, the reform of...
Featured Image: It Is Not Good. This is Not Good. Writers often have the common thought. Despite differing opinions there is a large coalition of thought against Trumpism. Nevertheless, I'm left with a horrible feeling that I am not read...
Dear Friends, Let's see if I am wrong. If Trump is so much a liar that he will not do what he passionately said he would do, or that he does have dictator ambitions. My money is on the latter. Day One is 20 January 2025. The 20th amendment to the...
Bruce Springsteen, On the streets of Philadelphia I was bruised and battered I couldn't tell what I felt I was unrecognizable to myself Saw my reflection in a window And didn't know my own face Oh brother are you gonna leave me...
Allan Jay Lichtman (born April 4, 1947) is an American historian. He has taught at American University in Washington, D.C. since 1973. Lichtman created The Keys to the White House system with Soviet seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981. The system uses 13...
Jason Koutsoukis' In like Glyn in The Monthly, November 2024, provides an excellent insight into the person of Professor Glyn Davis and the better politics. I worked for Professor Glyn Davis in Office of Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne,...
Nick Cater sent a post in his "Reality Bites" series, called, "Intellectual rearmament", with the tagline, "The British theologian who gave us the ammunition to defeat the Aboriginal Voice." Really? You'd need ammunition to defeat the Aboriginal...
Americans Have Not Turned Against Higher Ed. Reports of the sector’s cratering popularity are mistaken, The Chronicle of Higher Education, By Kevin Carey and Sophie Nguyen October 15, 2024 Americans are losing faith in the value of college. Or so we are...