After CGSU lost the election about unionization at Cornell, Randi Weingarten, the president of the AFT and basically a cancer in human form, is whining because she thinks the election wasn’t fair. In her statement, she says that the AFT is…
Month: March 2017
Cordelia Fine just published her latest book, which has received extremely positive reviews in various newspapers. I haven’t read it yet, but judging from what the reviews say, I suspect it’s not as good as the reviewers think. In addition…
It seems that graduate students at Cornell rejected unionization. At the moment, 919 students voted against it, while only 856 voted in favor, but 81 ballots remain unresolved. Since that’s enough in theory to flip the election, the Arbitrator refused to call…
In one week from now, graduate students at Cornell will vote to decide whether they want to be represented by Cornell Graduate Students United (CGSU), in which case this group will gain the exclusive right to negotiate the terms and conditions…
According to HIS Jane’s, Russia, which as everybody knows is intent on subjugating the world, recently announced that it would cut military expenditure by 25% in 2017, after several years of increase. But Mark Galeotti argues on his blog that it’s exaggerated.…
I argued in another post that, despite what most American liberals believe, racism can only explain a relatively small part of the white/black gap in incarceration rates. (If you haven’t read it yet, you should probably do so before you read…
One of the most enduring myths of American politics, which is shared by people on both the left and the right, is that Reagan dealt a death blow to the welfare state. In fact, despite some cuts, he left the programs created by…
I’m sorry that I’ve been too busy to write much lately, but I plan to start posting more on the blog soon. In the meantime, I came across this great testimony by Richard Muller, who is professor of physics at…
After I published my post the racial disparity in incarceration rates, someone recommended this piece by Adolph Reed, which is absolutely excellent. I think it’s exactly what a consistent and intelligent progressive should say about this. The pharmaceutical industry is…
If you’re interested in economic policy, Matt and I have been talking about Sanandaji’s book more, so perhaps you will find our discussion interesting. It started in the comments of my post about the book, but continued in the comments of this…