On Campus Protests

May 1, 2024 by

Other than higher education, I try to stay clear of expressing any political views on this blog. In this comment on the campus protests, I’m going to try to not take any political side while I am going to point out how the deplorable state of “higher” education is an important factor in producing the […]

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John Adams on Education for All

March 12, 2024 by

“The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks, is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. It is even of more consequence to the rich themselves, and to their prosperity.” – A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765

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Mystery? What Mystery?

February 27, 2024 by

Opinion | The Mystery of White Rural Rage – The New York Times (nytimes.com) In this piece Prof. Krugman admits that he is confused. He says he just doesn’t get it. I doubt if he will ever read my comment, but here is what I posted. Prof. Krugman doesn’t get it because it is beyond […]

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James Madison on Education and Democracy

February 1, 2021 by

Sadly, in today’s world of higher education, the institutions that Madison trusted to “diffuse knowledge” have used that trust to take knowledge, money and fame for themselves. Of course, when I say institutions, I don’t mean every institution, or every member of any particular institution. But everyone does bear some responsibility for stopping this. It […]

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