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Schools, safety, childhood, and public policy

I think most parents in the U.S. shook with rage and a visceral fear on hearing of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. Our children are 20 and 17, and I have an almost-empty-nester’s version of that fear. Yesterday afternoon, our son came home from school, wished his mother a happy birthday, and gave her a long […]

Thank you!

Among many others… Ms. Holscher Ms. Fried Ms. Brown/Ms. Bollinger Mr. Gere Mr. Schnitger Mr. Vassos Ms. Mook Ms. Thompson Mr. Harvey Mr. Knowton Prof. Jefferson Prof. Caplan Prof. Stuard Prof. Lane Prof. Spielman Prof. Weinstein Prof. Hamilton Prof. Davidson Prof. Pine Prof. Roelofs Prof. Park Prof. Katz Prof. Licht Prof. Engs Prof. Fine Prof. […]

So long, and thanks for all the Stanley Fish

I’ve got insomnia thanks to some minor food poisoning, but it’s not so severe that it requires I be admitted to a hospital, so I’ll take my dyspepsia out on my readers. All 2.17… of you who are awake at this hour, on the weekend, and having nothing better to do than read an academic […]

High (court) citation

A shout-out to my brother Stan, for his work has been cited by a DOJ brief to the Supreme Court in the health-care reform case (Florida v. HHS).

Odds and ends

It’s been a wild week to be an involuntary observer this week — the week before spring break for me turned out to be very busy for both anticipated and unanticipated reasons, so I was unable to comment on the debate over SB 1718 in Florida (the “parent trigger” bill), the higher ed budget and […]