Bad news today for California youth.
Yet another tuition hike at public universities. Enrollments will be capped further and tuition increased by 6% to 9%, even as demographic changes and economic conditions mean that the numbers of students are increasing.
The prison system now...
(2) Comments | Posted February 7, 2012 | 11:22 AM
Recently, the lightning-rod writer Salman Rushdie was forced to cancel a personal appearance and then a video-link interview at the Jaipur Literary Festival -- the largest literary festival in India.
There had been threats against Rushdie by some Muslim groups, and the organizers of the festival said that protestors...
(2) Comments | Posted October 12, 2011 | 1:14 PM
As the eulogies for Steve Jobs pour in, his commencement address to Stanford University graduates in 2005 has been heard millions of times over the last two days. I knew from a younger generation of relatives, students and friends that it was an address worth hearing, but had never really...
(15) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 11:12 AM