Before I get back to work, I feel I need to take a moment and state openly that I was wrong about the health care reform bill. It is bad, evil and scary. Had I been watching wall to wall coverage of Congress like all good Americans should, I would have know that. [...]

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This is the NITLE Professional Development News that went out today. It focuses on my programs for the coming two weeks. They are going to be be keeping me busy. But they are interesting programs, so they should be fun.
Dear Colleagues,
As campuses continue to respond to the challenges of globalization as well [...]

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I’m not one of those who get’s all his news from The Daily Show, I swear, but as Jon Stewart points out in this segment, it’s hard to get it anywhere else.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

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Somehow it seems a violation of free speech to lock a man up for simply reporting something he observes, yet that is what happened in Pittsburgh according to this article in the Huffington Post.
A self-described New York City anarchist has been accused of tweeting the location of police officers to protesters trying to evade [...]

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Google says:
Project 10^100 is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.
You submitted more than 150,000 ideas.
We chose a handful of finalists.
Which ones should we make happen?
You tell us.

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This article from the Christian Science Monitor makes very apparent why those who support health care need to get out and make our voices heard.  It lays out the activities of President Obama to promote health care reform and of conservative tv personality Glenn Beck to prevent it.
The President is an excellent orator, an engaging [...]

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It is not a secret that I supported the candidacy of Barack Obama for President, nor that I was overjoyed he won.  Overall, I am also happy with his presidency.  He has yet to deliver on many of the things I hope for, but we give the president a four year term, because the wheels [...]

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For the first time since 2004, admission of international students to U.S. graduate schools has declined, and students from India and South Korea are applying in significantly fewer numbers as well, according to a report (pdf) released today by the Council of Graduate Schools.
Admissions from prospective international students declined by 3 percent from 2008 to [...]

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The site Prescription for Change summarizes what is at stake in the health care debate pretty well.
When Congress returns in September to work on health reform, let’s remind them what’s really at stake – your health, your financial peace of mind, and your freedom.
How’s that? Without real health reform, you could [...]

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This is a site worth having a look at:  ActionAid UK: End poverty. Together.
ActionAid doesnt just tackle the effects of poverty.We also change what keeps people poor. ActionAid improves people’s lives every day. But we know that’s not enough. So we work relentlessly to change whatever is keeping them trapped in poverty. This means we [...]

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