May 1

(It is still the night before, but): “joder Pete saludos y viva la revolución carajo.” Axé.

California forever.

Dear Administration, Everything you have heard about me, namely that I am a devil from the University of California, is true. That sturdy Golden Bear, whose football games I disdained back in the day, watches me from the sky even now. If you give me the faculty I want from this campus, I can recruit … More California forever.

Václav Havel

Václav Havel is one of the people about whom I do not know enough. The Nation had a piece on Havel and Occupy, quoting interesting texts by him from the sixties and seventies that shed shocking light on the present moment. I would like to point to it and read it again. Eventually it will … More Václav Havel

Beyond Vietnam

45 years ago today; 44 years without Martin; we still have the context for this speech and I wish it were not so, but I listen to it twice a year – 15 January and now. Axé.

April 4

For our STUDENTS For our SCHOOLS For our PROFESSION BE AT THE CAPITOL on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 On April 4, the Louisiana Senate will consider bills that will: •    Base almost all personnel decisions – your salaries, your tenure and your job itself – on the unproven new teacher evaluation system. •    Virtually abolish … More April 4

Zacatecas

The character in this novel my class is reading is a composer of narcocorridos, which is one reason why I have so many corridos on this blog lately — I find them as I am looking for examples for the students. Now I have found this, on the Battle of Zacatecas, Zacatecas being one of … More Zacatecas