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From the August 31, 2024 LA Times:  [Note the digital and facsimile editions have different titles.]   As someone who taught public administ...

Yesterday was one of those on again off again sunny cloudy days.  This is better than weeks with no sun.  As long as your daily routine is f...

I just sent an email to editor of Florida Bulldog complaining about an ad that kept appearing as I scrolled down an article that pointed ou...

 A good, clear, emphatic explanation of why people need to vote every election for Democrats.  She explains how the government works for peo...

When I taught English in Thailand as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 60s, there were 'hill tribes' up in the mountains to the we...

 Let's see if I can write a quick, short post.   1.  The Alaska Supreme Court approved a lower court ruling putting a ballot measure to ...

 Yesterday was primary election day in Anchorage.  It was a beautiful sunny day and I biked over to Kasuun Elementary school (and passed the...

A link to Capacious led me into a rabbit hole that didn't let go for several hours.  As an academic, I found the first story too real a...

 Last Thursday I went to training for election workers for the primary (August 20) and the general election in November.  This is another ef...

This is an important interview by Brian Taylor Cohen, one of the brightest and most articulate commentators (I want to say on the air, and h...