So far I have been mainly trying to produce pieces that are consistent with the usual newspaper and magazine styles of opinion writing. I have decided that this style has too much downside and almost no upside. It takes a significant amount of time to stylize it in that manner. Unless you are really interested… Continue reading Changing my blogging style
On the Education Reform Movement
The Education Reform Movement is hot. Donors have lavished money on projects like Teach For America, including $49 million from the Walton Family Foundation and a $100 million endowment from four other philanthropists. Media outlets and publishers have almost unanimously provided positive coverage and angles for those in the movement, the most notable instance being… Continue reading On the Education Reform Movement
Exclusive interview with Dean Baker on making markets progressive
I did an email interview with Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research over at The Firebrand. Check it out.
Getting serious about health care costs
I wrote previously about the myth of Social Security insolvency. Conservative politicians — pretending to be fiscal realists who understand we must make difficult decisions to cut aid to the elderly — have been trying for decades to get rid of the program on trumped on charges that it cannot be sustained. Although the conservative… Continue reading Getting serious about health care costs
Hurricane Irene spares the nation from corporate MLK dedication
The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the National Mall was set to be dedicated this coming Sunday, but that dedication has been postponed due to Hurricane Irene. While I do not have any strong feelings one way or another about the monument itself, the way in which it was set to be dedicated has… Continue reading Hurricane Irene spares the nation from corporate MLK dedication