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Commentary on Martin Gurri – Revolt of the public and the crisis of authority in the new millennium “What we have here is a failure of the relationship between the public and the elites” would be my alternate title for … Continue reading →

Wouldn’t it be nice if political conversations could focus on issues facing the country. Why can’t issues of health care, income inequality, policing, the role of the United States in the world, environmental decline, and even net neutrality be the … Continue reading →

Having the freedom and resources to travel have been the great advantage of retirement and I suppose to a lesser extent most of our lives. I think you learn so much from escaping your own circumstances and exploring other places … Continue reading →

Online social media providers (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter) have come under free speech and appropriateness scrutiny recently and have responded in different ways. At issue is the transmission of factually inaccurate content by prominent individuals (e.g., President Trump). Twitter has tagged … Continue reading →

Twitter is experimenting with a new feature (Android only) that would ask users to read articles before posting a link. I like the idea and I have offered a similar recommendation for Facebook. With Facebook, I would like to see … Continue reading →

The recent jobs report brought a ray of hope. In the midst of a global pandemic, a pandemic-related economic collapse, and then the police killing of George Floyd spurring national and international righteous protests of injustice, it just appeared that … Continue reading →

Don’t ask your black friends about racism, but listen carefully when they share how their experiences differ from your own. I admit that I might think asking my black friends about racism was a logical thing to do. I admit … Continue reading →

Robert Reich – Saving capitalism: For the many not the few. [My one-paragraph summary] Our nation is not engaged in a fight between democracy and socialism, it is engaged in a fight between democracy and oligarchy. There are important differences … Continue reading →

Educators sometimes use an instructional tactic they describe as think, pair, share. The idea is to get everyone to think about a topic, describe it to a partner, and after discussion share the combination of insights with everyone. The benefits … Continue reading →

I am not particularly interested in history and I don’t read many books on the history of much of anything but the history of digital technology. I am a fan of Jon Meachum and I follow what he has to … Continue reading →