New Orleans I can not get over this mayhem we have created in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. I am not sure any of us should ever get over it. There are very few times when — in all honesty — one finds it embarrassing to be an American, but this is absolutely one …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Bankrupting the Middle Class
New Orleans: Looking at the increasing stratification apparent in higher education leads one inexorably to the fact that even as poor and working families are locked out of a better future, many middle class families are falling rapidly on the slippery economic slope. Statistics included in several articles recently in The American Prospect made this point …
Educational Wealth Gap
New Orleans: I was reminded in Chicago this week that May Day is not only the great international day of solidarity, but also “decision” day for tens of thousands of high school seniors, marking one of the more important milestones in their young futures as they select a college. The lovely young daughter of dear friends …