Screenshots from my Etsy trends email of February 23, 2018, a week after the Parkland murders. They made me ill. If they strike fear into your heart or roll your stomach, please sign my petition at MoveOn I am including … Continue reading
Category Archives: Education
Four reasons to go for the Financial Transaction Tax, Bernie Sanders’ proposal to fund public colleges
by Deborah Lagutaris aka Olivia LaRosa, January 6, 2016 Deborah Lagutaris has a Law and Society BA from UC Santa Barbara with a minor in 20th century political history. She has a law degree from UC Hastings College of the … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders wins the Interwebs! Four reasons Bernie can become our President.
The New York Times frets that Hillary’s campaign suffers from “a lack of enthusiasm.” Well yeah, duh! People keep saying that Hillary is “the one,” yet the public keeps demonstrating how reluctant they are to support a chameleon candidate whose … Continue reading
Rightwing Media Report: NJ says-Trump Preaching to Shrinking White Electorate Creates Problems for GOP
The National Journal (NJ) is a right-wing publication in the old style, evoking a time when gentlemen with those not-sexy-at-all muttonchop whiskers respected and followed the rules of debate and eschewed logical errors. Back when I used to be a Republican … Continue reading
Another Billionaire “Dropout” Story
Elizabeth Holmes is a dropout and she’s a billionaire at 30. Her company’s technology will be in every Walgreen’s store in the nation. Another “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” story of someone who worked rilly rilly hard to get … Continue reading
Help, Senator Warren! Student Loan Interest Deduction is Capped at $2,500!
Please sign my petition! I posted this petition today. This is my third. I declared victory for my first petition, and my second is still circulating. I am a tax practitioner and one of my new clients has sizable student … Continue reading
Harvard Ed School students protest graduation speaker
My comments: These graduates from Harvard know their own minds. They object to having a speaker with an agenda that is in direct opposition to the highest aspirations of these talented future educators. “Reform” means giving up local control of … Continue reading
Let’s opt out of Michelle Rhee
By Olivia LaRosa, April 4, 2014 Every day, I receive emails from the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Guardian UK, to mention a few. Today, Michelle Rhee popped up again like a bad penny in Washington DC … Continue reading
The One Comic That Explains Just How Screwed America Is
I do not think that this is the ONLY comic that explains this, but it’s a good start! ~Via http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/26/1103368/-The-One-Comic-That-Explains-Just-How-Screwed-America-Is?detail=email#
Starving the Future
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/opinion/blow-starving-the-future.html?smid=pl-share By CHARLES M. BLOW America is in trouble. Emerging economic powers China and India are heavily investing in educating the world’s future workers while we squabble about punishing teachers and coddling children. This week, the Center for American Progress and … Continue reading