Policy papers
05/02/2023
… worth reading. A friend, not I, found these things. Axé.
Category: News
I would love to find the source of this
11/12/2022
“They were trying to explain to me that this wasn’t gonna get better, because … this is how they operate in Louisiana,” says Walker, who is Black. You have no voice. Once you speak out like you do in California, you may come up dead, hurt or missing. People that I worked with actually thought … More I would love to find the source of this
French education system
14/07/2021
I figured out how the CAPES (or CAPET, for technology) fits into the edifice of degrees and certifications: it’s the teaching qualification most people have. You can still try for the agregé after that and get a raise and 3 hours fewer of class per week, and teach higher up, but I never figured it … More French education system
Deferred maintenance
11/01/2021
This is brilliant, and we should read it. Axé.
Carne y arena
30/09/2020
In my study group we read an interesting paper about this that said it was reformist and not revolutionary. Axé.
Consumer or citizen
12/09/2020
We were no longer citizens, but taxpayers, and now we have been further reduced to consumers, exercising our democratic rights through this megaphone. The consumer is sold things, not necessarily the things they want, and the things are nonetheless needed, and very expensive. Consumers can express their displeasure and be treated with unvarying politeness, but … More Consumer or citizen
Las Vegas election odds
28/08/2020
This is the site. Axé.
Amerindios
13/08/2020
Our little book is out. I said this in another post but in the current WordPress skin, the news is below the fold. I wouldn’t have chosen to translate this poet/this book, but I did, and the work changed me. I’m a poet now: all my other translation projects have been academic, but this one … More Amerindios
A Wrench in the Gears
11/01/2020
This is the most brilliant blog ever, and we should all be studying it. Also: why did I not know about Gamaliel Churata? Axé.
Czech koruna
17/07/2019
There are 23 Czech koruna to the dollar and I have to know this since I have not been able to convince my computer I am not Czech. How it got this idea I am not sure. Axé.
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