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how to penalize good citizens
In case you’re wondering how a little guy like me ended up so mouthy, I want to show you the remnants of a fight my mom had with city officials in her local community. My mom, Janet McWilliams,...
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VozMob: a neat project working in support of immigrant rights
I just got back from a work-related meeting in Arizona, and I’m therefore feeling a need to counteract my willingness to visit a state whose newly passed anti-immigration law is one of the most deeply...
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This I Believe: informed citizenship and informed citizenry
Here’s an inalienable right for you: the right to informed citizenship. Citizenship, the informed kind, has two distinct angles to it. The first is the personal: We, all of us, have an absolutely...
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on hegemony and edible playdough
I spend a lot of time thinking about hegemony, a term descended from the Greek word for “leader.” Today we use the word to describe the exercise of power by a dominant group or groups over other...
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let’s find a way to help academics serve the communities they work for.
I was directed to a fantastic set of video resources on Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) through the Extended Mind, Culture, and Activity listserv, which is basically a must-read for anyone...
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what comes after It Gets Better?
Today I saw this tweet by a user named @willowbl00: I like the idea of turning @willowbl00′s fantastic pledge into a full-blown campaign. The It Gets Better Project, in case you haven’t heard of it, is...
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why ex-Arkansas school board member Clint McCance is not a douchebag
Don’t get me wrong, I’m as happy as the next guy that Arkansas school board member Clint McCance was pressured into resigning his seat after making bigoted, homophobic things. Out loud. Multiple times....
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on wikileaks and public delusion
There’s a scene in season 4, episode 3 of the new Doctor Who series that goes like this: Donna: It’s weird, being with you, I can’t tell what’s right and what’s wrong any more. The Doctor: It’s better...
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did you know Obama is literally Hitler?
You know, conservatives have had a lot of fun depicting President Obama as a modern-day Hitler. Here’s how Thomas Sowell put it back in 2008: To find anything comparable to crowds’ euphoric reactions...
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Zoe Weil on humane education
Here’s a Tedx talk by Zoe Weil, the founder of the Institute for Humane Education: About halfway through her talk, Weil talks about a game she does with students that she calls “True Price.” The idea...
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