I am an honorary Mexican, so I get to like this video especially. In the black felt hat Obama looks like a Louisiana man. Check out further selections from the diverse selection of beats at the brilliant Obama Jukebox – from the middle aged white couple tangoing for Obama to the Mighty Sparrow who has … More El 4 de marzo en Texas
“All power to the soviets” with a small s means “all power to the workers’ councils” and it is a famous phrase from a certain phase of the Russian revolution. I learned it in seventh grade and I like it very much. I often think it and sometimes say it, and I would use it … More All Power to the Soviets!
I Nezua has this to say on his support of Barack Obama for the U.S. Presidency. The Field Negro and some of his commentators suggest that one reason Obama has so much white support, especially among young voters, is that they think that if they vote Obama they can never be accused of racism again, … More Generation Gap
Now Human Rights Watch has published its full report on the torture and near disappearance of Tasneem Khalil. Tasneem and I are friends 2.0, which is to say we are friends thanks to the Web 2.0. He is a Bangladeshi journalist with strong design and technical skills, and I found his blog on WordPress when … More The Tasneem Khalil News
Cary Nelson makes some of the same points I have been making about academic freedom, including that using your expertise and professional judgment to make a syllabus is part of it, that contingent faculty do not enjoy such freedom, and that the replacement of regular with contingent faculty has the effect of eroding it. On … More Cary Nelson
Lisez-le, it is a thoughtful post on Marc Bosquet and How the University Works. And the Bittersweet Girl reminds us not to mislead students on the cost of a graduate education. My addition to that is not to mislead them on the cost of an assistant professorship. Of these three posts, mine is the most … More Un Bon Post
My post of Derrick Ashong speaking on Barack Obama is popular, for good reason. Chez Lumpenprofessoriat there is an excellent video by Lawrence Lessig on why to support Obama over Clinton this primary and caucus season, in case your state has not voted yet or in case you are going to the convention. It is … More Lessig on Obama
Observe this member of the band Soulfège get grilled on his support of Obama by a very rude reporter, and come out educating. H/T Momo. As the video started I thought, My God, it’s like the civics tests for Black (prospective) voters we used to have down here. As it continued, I realized that if … More Derrick Ashong
The Louisiana Democratic primary is tomorrow, Febuary 9. I will be voting for Barack Obama. I am voting for Obama because because of the two candidates left, I believe he has the best shot at defeating the GOP. It is important to beat the GOP for many reasons, but a reason quite as good as … More Barack Obama
One winter I was a visiting professor in the Midwest, where the snow falls. Before leaving here I had fleece-lined boots sent from Canada to my new home. It was January and the sky both here and there had the bleak purity of early winter. Everyone saw my boots arrive because they were mailed to … More In Class
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