Many presidents have, on occasion, done weird things—only one president of the 44 is Weird.
Yearly Archives For 2011
What happens in academia…
A troubled cabinet appointee finds two places he can go for solace—The Washington Post and George Washington University.
WH Advisor’s Academic Retreat
Austan Goolsbee, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and one of Barack Obama’s longest serving policy advisers, resigned suddenly on Monday just one day after struggling to defend the White House’s economic plan on ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour.”
The Estimates behind the Estimate
A think tank at Georgetown University predicts that the American job market will see multi-million job gains over the next decade, but it is far less definite about from where this bonanza will come.
The Other Asian Tiger
Expediting India’s economic growth, including the tech industry, were the 1991 market reforms many academics attempt to downplay.
Education Dollars, Well Spent?
The president’s favorite think tank continues to press for more federal funding for public schools, even while acknowledging recent failures of such subsidies.
Unbearable Whiteness of Being
Those who ponder where the class struggle begins in the country with the most movement between classes, up and down, need wonder no more: All they have to do is look at the content of composition courses.
Shariah Schools
This body of legal beliefs is already taking hold in some surprising places, namely American courts and schools..
Did Lil’ Wayne Drop the World?
Scholar studies “the spiritual component of Lil’ Wayne’s blog from prison. “
Memorial Day: A Personal Reflection
One tiny thread in the fabric of freedom in America.