San Francisco There ought to be a law. In the case of student loan forgiveness, there is a law, it just seems that the government is not willing to follow the law, or worse, not willing to make it work. This has created a classic bait-and-switch, leaving tens of thousands of students operating in good …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Clues to the “Unfathomable Mysteries of Life”
New Orleans There’s one random phrase in Herman Melville’s classic Moby Dick that for some reason has always struck such a deep chord with me that I’ve never forgotten it. One of the characters or perhaps the author, I really don’t remember now, speaks of “the unfathomable mysteries of life.” I’ve always thought that …
Boomer or Bust?
New Orleans I know we talk a lot about inequality, particularly the oceanic gulf between the 1% and the rest of us, and all of this is certainly true. At the same time, I’m starting to worry a bit about the “boomer affect” and what this is also doing to create a fair sized …