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FACULTY UNITED !
Summarizing some of what I have read and experienced, it seems that I am quickly becoming a dinosaur under the corporatization of higher education. In 1969, “78 percent of…college…instructional staff was comprised of tenured or tenure-track professors, with adjunct faculty making up the rest.” “By 2009, the figures had nearly flipped, with a third of […]
fresh out of pink smoke?
“On the ordination of women, the Church has spoken and said no…that door is closed.” –Pope Francis, July 29, 2013. Okay Frank, I see you. After all, you aren’t continuing to promote a male-dominated power structure that views ALL women as inferior. You just ain’t got no pink smoke?
The higher education bubble.
Reconcilable dilemma. As a college professor, I indirectly pay my mortgage, buy groceries, put gas in my car, and otherwise provide for my family [in part] on the backs of indebted college students who are drowning in student loans and increasingly struggling to find satisfactory employment. Students for whom the rate of return of a […]
“white on white” crime
I’m rethinking my use of the term “black on black” crime. For the last few weeks some have complained there is too much [disproportionate] attention on the Trayvon Martin murder and not enough on the day-to-day murder of blacks and browns; especially in Chicago. Could it be that the media simply does not lend itself […]
Innocent vs. Not guilty?
Elsewhere [on facebook] I wrote “Zimmerman was found innocent of the charges.” A former student replied “Zimmerman wasn’t found innocent. There is no such finding made by American courts. He was found not guilty…” From my social science perspective as a social being with emotions and a warm heart (not just academic training) this is […]
But the jury was following the law part 2
Sometimes I write nuanced posts assuming readers will magically know what I mean. The intent of my July 15 posting of various hundred+ year-old laws that required the on-the-spot murder of innocent African-Americans by ordinary citizens was to chastise those among us who in various ways justify the Zimmerman verdict relying on the “law” and/or […]
“But the jury was following the law” part 1
“If any [Black] slave resists his master and by the extremity of the correction, chance to die, his death shall not be a felony, since it cannot be presumed that malice (which makes murder a felony) would induce a man to destroy his own estate.” [Act VIII, Virginia 1669] “Whereas the frequent meetings of considerable […]
Protected: I guess sometimes the vagina gets in the way?
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marriage v wedding
Churches do not perform marriages. Churches perform weddings. A “wedding” is a ceremony and associated events to celebrate a marriage. These rituals are important for many reasons. Marriage is a legal contract, a permit you pay for at your county or city clerk’s office. It is the legal union of two people. Once a couple […]
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