New Orleans My dad was born and raised in Orange County, California, first in Tustin, then Santa Ana, and finally Orange itself where he lived until he finished high school. My grandfather was a foreman on an orange grove ranch until he couldn’t be, and then he worked as the janitor at the Lutheran Church, next …
Month: April 2018
Strikes Against Charters, Amateurism, Disinvestment and DeVos/Trump Agenda
New Orleans Reporters and commentators don’t know what to make of the anger and activism of teachers who are flipping the red-state script and taking job actions, with and without their unions, to directly target governors and legislators in Oklahoma, North Carolina, West Virginia, and likely Arizona. West Virginia teachers were out nine days …
Strategies for Dealing with Privacy as a Lost Cause
New Orleans As Facebook slips off its pedestal of pretense and posturing about its contribution to the common good that has disguised its brutal capitalist commitments and real priorities, it’s worth wondering if claims to protect consumers’ privacy are just more empty promises. Personal privacy may be just a lost cause and a battle engaged …