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October 2016

October 03, 2016

From the library: Fail U.; The False Promise of Higher Education, by Charles J. Sykes

So here's a book of the genre that is, in the end, nothing new, but...

October 03, 2016

Is Kim Kardashian white?

Maybe not. That is, according to a USA Today article, the Census Bureau is proposing...

October 01, 2016

Who is “financial aid” for?

Here's an article from the AP which appeared in the Chicago Tribune the other day:...

October 01, 2016

Stray thought on free tampons

Free tampons! That's the new rallying cry at universities, and refers to making tampons available...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

What is American culture, anyway?

As follow up to my post from the other day: A performance by a Mexican...

September 30, 2016

75 years ago

well, 75 years ago yesterday, when I meant to write about it, was the start...

September 28, 2016

On privilege and pride

Let's think about the concept of "pride," shall we? If you're white, the notion of...

September 28, 2016

Boys and Math and The Math Myth

The Math Myth, in italics, that is: the title of a new book by Andrew...

September 27, 2016

A few debate thoughts

So I watched the debate. I even took copious notes. But it was painful and...

September 26, 2016

Has “normal retirement age” really changed?

The other day I asked for reader opinions about the retirement age. Both here and...

September 26, 2016

Today’s nonsense: “Affordable housing” politics in Detroit

This would be nothing unusual in many metro areas: a requirement that builders of new...

September 23, 2016

What is “normal retirement age”?

Just a question, for now, for reader thoughts. There were a couple articles I came...

September 23, 2016

Cub Scout update

Yeah, so in the past week we've had bombings and attempted bombings -- and a...

September 20, 2016

What makes a marriage?

Catholic teaching says: Consent -- and the maturity and mental capacity to be able to...

September 20, 2016

Nick Kristof, Anne Frank, and the Syrians

So over the weekend, Nick Kristof had an article asking, "Would you hide a Jew...

September 19, 2016

Bombs, Trump, and a major client deliverable

Bombs over the weekend. The press seeming more interested in scolding Trump for calling the...

September 17, 2016

#ExpandSocialSecurity, in practice

So Clinton and the Democrats have as part of their platform expanding Social Security. "What,"...

September 16, 2016

R.I.P., ITT Tech

For the longest time, I couldn't make sense of ITT Tech. After all, here in...

September 15, 2016

Another reason Catholic doctrine pairs marriage and children

Here's an excerpt from a letter from the New York Times' "ethicist" column: My wife...

September 15, 2016

A stray thought on Social Security and mothers

So a month ago, I asked the question, "What should Social Security do about mothers?" in...

September 14, 2016

Honor killings: not just for Muslims anymore

So some time ago, I read an article in The Atlantic, the main theme of...

September 12, 2016

Hillary’s health, again

First of all, some background and a few quick links to get readers up to...

September 11, 2016

A few September 11th words

I'd been thinking about the fact that blogging has been light lately. Partly it's a...

September 10, 2016

Church outreach – reader ideas?

So it's been a long week, and I've been somewhat preoccupied by Cub Scout matters,...

September 08, 2016

What about Earpiecegate?

The trouble with conspiracies is they draw you in. Drudge this morning linked to Infowars...

September 07, 2016

A day at Greenfield Village

The Wright brothers' bicycle shop. The back workshop. Henry Ford's boyhood home. And workshop. Thomas...

September 05, 2016

Update from Madiganistan

Ah, the train wreck that is Illinois politics. Here's a piece of local news that's...

September 02, 2016

What’s the purpose of immigration?

that is, in the year 2016, why do we allow strangers into our country? Is...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

To fix Chicago’s murder rate, we need more famous people

No, I don't mean that we need more celebrities to come to Chicago and, well,...

August 31, 2016

A Cub Scout ethics question

Or, "oh, cr**!" So I'm the new committee chair for Cub Scouts. The leaders will...

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