New Orleans One of our continuing definitions of humanity has to be our ability to still be surprised and shocked at injustice. Reading an article by Sarah Stillman in the New Yorker entitled “Taken” about the criminal scams being pulled off right and left, high and low by police departments to seize the money, property, …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Linking High Ed Federal Aid to Performance and Equity is Great Idea!
New Orleans The Obama Administration is in the drafting stages of a proposal to link federal student financial aid to key accountability and affordability standards for higher educational institutions. By 2015, the proposal would rate institutions by measures including tuition costs, graduation rates, debt load and earnings of graduates, and, thankfully, even the percentage of …
New Banking Regulations, Who Needs ‘Em?
New Orleans Someone having folks over to the White House for cokes and coffee with the President doesn’t seem like much of a visit to the woodshed, but, hey, I guess a fella has to do something to be heard and heeded by his appointees even if he is the boss and the President of …