DEI for Me but not for Thee
DEI for Me but Not for Thee1
Many of you will be happy to know that diversity, equity, and inclusion training is alive and well at least one Ohio campus. I received an email back in September informing me that YSU would be offering training that is "designed to provide faculty, staff and select graduate students with a baseline . . .
The Digital Guilded Age
Move over Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt, the new tech giants are hear to start a new age of unchecked growth and inequality. Just like their 20th Century counterparts, a favorable tax environment coupled with a disregard for the environment (social and natural) is back in style:

Dismantling Public Education in Ohio
“Ohio GOP threatens to cut school funding, calling spending 'unsustainable'” 5 News Cleveland
Genuinely perplexed at the mental gymnastics state lawmakers must do when addressing education in Ohio:
Put in place an unconstitutional funding scheme for K-12 education.
Complain that public schools are failing . . .
Chipping Away at the Wall Between Church and State
The Case Against Vouchers
Dr. Josh Cowen of Michigan State University author of The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers. A special thanks to my former colleague Dr. Thomas Shipka for recommending this interview.
Processing the 2024 Election
I am still trying to process the elections. Normally if I say to someone I am porcessing something it is strictly an intellectual thing. But I have to admit that there is a good amount of emotional processing going on as well. The two are of course inextricably linked: the anger, frustrations, bewilderment I feel is due in large measure to my . . .

