Russian aggression is mercurial — itβs getting harder to tell anymore who is being paid to push pro-Russian messages, and who has just been sadly taken in by them. For all this braggadocio (braggadocious, even!) about βbuilding a wallβ to keep supposed Mexican rapists out (although net migration has been falling with our southern neighbor for […]
Republicans do not live up to their ideals of small government (and also, we need Keynesianism right now)
Regardless of whether or not you agree that slashing spending, fiscal austerity, balanced budgets, and a low federal deficit are good ideas, the fact remains that the Republican Party does not generally live up to its aims of expense reduction and small government. As hard as it is to believe, there are still some people […]
Culture is collective neurosis
There’s a popular and somewhat understandable misperception of culture as a vehicle of reproducing “normalcy” throughout society. However, each historical era makes the cognitive mistake of assuming its particular version of Normal is, well, Normal. And that all eras which came before — that were obviously ruled by stupid people who could not understand the […]
Tests are not learning tools
Tests are evaluating tools that can only act as a diagnostic β they offer no improvement in the actual ability of children to learn. In the so-called “real worldβ we donβt take tests β we solve problems and tackle challenges that (ideally) resonate with us somehow when we manage to solve them. Unfortunately one of […]