Open Salon - Editor Picks http://open.salon.com/editor_picks en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:59:01 -0500 PhD http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938817 Every week, I pull up the listings on the Chronicle. The people on the Chronicle forum, who are sometimes a bit cheeky, have a saying: Apply for the Damned Job. I do.

In 2010, a few years after the economy crashed, I graduated with my PhD in English. I know.… Read full post »

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:58:39 -0500 http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938817 Separation of employment and health care! http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938767 The real issue that they keep not addressing is that health care should not be tied to employment.  Adding health insurance benefits tied to employment has been devastating for millions of people who cannot find work that offers benefits, or plans that cost more than many can afford to buy into.… Read full post »

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:28:49 -0500 http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938767 The Swastika in Our Neighborhood http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938746

 

While walking with my 8-year-old son near our home in Manhattan, he spotted a purple swastika scrawled across a billboard advertisement. As I took in the complexities of the situation, my son uttered words that made my heart break...

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]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:14:31 -0500 http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938746 Alice Peurala: A Woman of Steel http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938615

 “They’re telling workers they’ve got to step back and do with less. What does that mean? Not having a car? Not being able to make the payments on their house? Not being able to send their kids to college? Not having any money for recreation? I thought that what’s… Read full post »

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:51 -0500 http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938615 CPAC meet and greet http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938596 CPAC MEET GREET

"They tell me you're from the Club for Growth."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:14 -0500 http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938596 Why I Respectfully Disagree With Obama's NCLB Waivers http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938731 has agreed to exempt 10 states from the most rigorous tenets of NCLB, in exchange for adopting higher standards and creating more innovative ways of measuring student achievement. The president essentially signed this executive order because Congress has failed to amend the law in spi…

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]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:39:57 -0500 http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938731 Death of a Teacher http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938540  

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 Yesterday I attended a memorial service in Diepsloot for Ntswaki Mabel Dhathu, a high school teacher and colleague of a friend of mine.  She was a young woman who barely looked old enough to finish her teaching degree  but served as an example of love and warmth.… Read full post »

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:17:55 -0500 http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938540 Apple Creek Comics http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1938276
This week I was experimenting with a daily comic where I have some of my Apple Creek characters discussing current events. I put all 7 together here in one post.
 
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The only schmaltz in my childhood home was a box of rendered chicken fa… Read full post »

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:12:11 -0500 http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1936258 The (Condensed) Grammy Award Broadcast http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=1936983     

Announcer: “Live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, it’s the 54th annual Grammy Awards, and here’s your host, a rapper who hasn’t had a hit in 20 years but coincidentally happens to be starring in a CBS series that needs promotion, LL Cool J.”

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