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Affirmative Action Admissions
If you’re interested in what’s happening at Harvard these days (as everyone in Cambridge is) I suggest you read Hua Hsu’s recent article, ‘School Colors: The Fight About Who Gets into the Ivy League,’ in The New Yorker, October 15, … Continue reading
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Tagged Affirmative Action, Harvard, Hua Hsu, Michael Wang, MIT, Williams
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A Soft Landing: Conundrum of the States
This is the fourth in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. The Achilles’ heel of our present government is the idiosyncratic status of our fifty States. They … Continue reading
Craigslist: For Sale By Owner / Free Stuff
There are thousands, millions, of ways to describe our world as opposing dualities: ‘Can’t do’ folks versus ‘Can do’ folks; foodies versus refuelers; Patriots fans versus the other 98% of Americans. It’s fun to figure out which camp I occupy … Continue reading
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A Soft Landing: Federal, State, and Local
This is the third in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. Red. Yellow. Blue. With only three buckets of paint, we can create every color. Mix them … Continue reading
A New Constitution
This is the second in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. Our Founding Fathers chafed under the capricious rule of King George III, had the audacity to … Continue reading
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A Soft Landing
This is the first in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. It’s been almost eight years since I started this blog, ostensibly about yoga, though in fact … Continue reading
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The N-word Comes to Emerson
I’m excited. Invited to ArtsEmerson Play Reading Book Club for The Peculiar Patriot, a one-women show by poet and activist Liza Kessie Peterson. Excitement wavers. The assembled include fourteen middle-aged white women, three grey-haired white men, and a trio of … Continue reading
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Tagged ArtsEmerson, Emerson College, N-word, Peculiar Patriot
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Big Box Ethics
Caveat Emptor: Buyer Beware. Responsible consumers are supposed to always make sure they got the true deal. That’s why I watch Star Market cashiers with a keen eye: markdown prices taped to the peanut butter or dry bean shelf rarely … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Box Store, Buyer Beware, Caveat Emptor, Home Depot, Trader Joes
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Statutes of Limitations
Does criminal behavior carry an expiration date? I recently wrote, in regards to Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination hearings, “I have reservations about how we apply 2018 standards to 1980’s adolescent behavior.” A reader who objected to that statement (“…young … Continue reading
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A Chink in the Wall of Deny, Deny, Deny
Democracy creates strange bedfellows. This morning our precarious system of justice got a one-week reprieve thanks to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a soft-spoken, earnest professional woman; two strident protestors who blocked a US Senator in an elevator; and a lame … Continue reading
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