Monthly Archives: January 2013

It’s good to be rich and pay state taxes. And it sucks to be poor.

If you want a quick summary how the American political and economic system is so skewed toward the wealthy, contrast these two reports. First, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy issued a report on the most regressive (Washington state!) … finish reading It’s good to be rich and pay state taxes. And it sucks to be poor.

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MOOCs for remedial education

The NY Times continues its blanket coverage of the MOOC phenomenon with a story in today’s business page: “California to give web courses a big trial.” The interesting subtext in the story is that use of the MOOCs by San … finish reading MOOCs for remedial education

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Legal protection to the middle finger

I am a dinosaur.  I still read the print edition of the NY Times.  Of course, it helps that the academic M-F rate for the print edition–delivered to my door daily at 3 am–is less than the monthly cost of … finish reading Legal protection to the middle finger

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