It’s 11:39PM on the eve of the Great Tea Revolt. As I sit here, fresh off of my 12-hour shift at work, the national media is reporting headlines like “G.O.P. Captures House” and “Midterm Train Wreck”; the Republicans (particularly in their hard-right Tea Party libertarian wing) are winning this battle. And I thought to myself, [...]
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Racialism, White Guilt, and Why I Don’t Like Classes Sometimes
So, through a series of events not entirely within my control, I find myself this semester studying “American Studies” at Scripps College (one of the other colleges in the Claremont University Consortium, along with my college, Harvey Mudd College). The particular focus of my American Studies course, which was listed in the course catalog as [...]
On Teaching and Value
A few minutes ago, I was reading an article from my hometown’s newspaper, the Fall River Herald News. It was an article indicating that half of the schools in Fall River have been classified as “needs improvement” by the state. I’m not here to talk to you about the article so much; it was hardly [...]
