Friends & Colleagues This is the concluding commentary in a trio that I written over the past week on “kill lists,” drones, etc. It will appear in tomorrow’s Huffington Post. Comments welcomed. Michael Brenner mbren@pitt.edu Assassination of American citizens by presidential dictate, blanket suspension of habeas corpus indefinitely, massive […]
Education
While it’s not shocking that a journalism professor would ban students from citing news sources that are not credible, it is eyebrow-raising that one of those sources would be In a copy of a syllabus obtained by Fox, Stephanie Wolfe, a visiting professor of journalism at West Liberty University in […]
The first episode of Oliver Stone’s new TV show is available online. Quite possibly the best history lesson you’ll get all year. [youtube]a5-veAiYgAY[/youtube]
26 Amazing Facts About Finland’s Unorthodox Education System Adam Taylor | Dec. 14, 2011, 9:00 PM Finland Helsinki Since it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, Finland’s school system has consistently come at the top for the international rankings for education systems. So how do they do it? […]
[ A picture of a group of American students looking at a camera ] Escape lectures, save thousands ~ and hustle your way to a brighter future. “You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.” – Will Hunting […]
Human Conflict from Scott Ewing on Vimeo.
If you want to do something interesting with your brain today ~ then check this out : Audio here
Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of “keeping us safe” or “promoting […]
It seems to me that the millions of Americans caught in long-term unemployment are suffering from some kind of illness – a mental impairment that blocks their ability to be creative – called hopelessness. Through no fault of their own, they seem to lack the will to create their own […]
Based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling book Payback Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, The documentary film ‘Payback’ offers a fascinating look at debt as a mental construct and traces how it influences relationships, societies, governing structures and the fate of the planet. [youtube]2svBSHoGWew[/youtube] Some additional filmmaker interview footage here […]