New Orleans The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has glowingly taken credit for many of the bills sweeping newly elected Republican state houses. ALEC and its 2000 legislative members has long been the driver of the far right agenda. Finally, they have been forced to retreat from published reports because of the withdrawal of foundation …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Cost of Higher Education Stirring Students to Streets in Montreal
New Orleans I had not been paying enough attention to a random piece about students rallying in Montreal until my coattails were pulled the other day by a friend and colleague, Eric Shragg, who is a professor, author, and activist in that city. In a brief email he mentioned that the increase in US-terms was …
Obama, Drugs, Indians, Frank Langella, Lauren Bacall, R. Crumb, Walmart, and Joplin
New Orleans In this week’s continuing experiment with new forms and focus “under the headlines” for the daily blog, here’s more: Jackie Calmas in the New York Times on a meeting expected between Columbian President Juan Manuel Santos and Obama: “they are expected to force a discussion Mr. Obama is not eager for in an …