Happy Passover 2024!
Education Sciences Special Edition Now Available: “Is Online Technology the Hope in Uncertain Times for Higher Education?” Metamorworks/Shutterstock.com Dear Commons Community, For the past year, I have had the pleasure of editing a special edition of […]
Columbia cancels in-person classes – moves everything online – as anti-Israel protests raise tensions! Anti-Israel demonstrators create encampment on the lawn of Columbia University yesterday. (Courtesy of James Keivom) Dear Commons […]
New Book: “The Thefts of the Mona Lisa” by Noah Charney Dear Commons Community, I have just finished reading Noah Charney’s The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: The Complete Story of the Wo […]
Mike Johnson earning bipartisan praise for backing and getting the House to pass Ukraine and other aid bills! Dear Commons Community, House Speaker Mike Johnson had a great day on all the Sunday talk shows with almost everyone praising him […]
The House of Representatives actually works and passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle! House Leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson Dear Commons Community, The U.S. House or Representatives approved $95 billion in […]
USC cancels all commencement speakers after canceled valedictorian speech! Students participate in a march in support of Asna Tabassum, whose graduation speech has been cancelled at USC. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles […]
UAW secures historic union election win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant! The Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photograph: Nora Eckert/Reuters. Dear Commons Community, Volkswagen workers at the […]
Twelve Jurors and Six Alternates Selected in Trump Hush Money Trial! Dear Commons Community, Twelve jurors, along with six alternates, will consider evidence in a first-ever trial to determine […]
Man dies after setting himself on fire outside New York court outside Trump trial! Max Azzarello. Courtesy of Fox 5 News. Dear Commons Community, Max Azzarello died yesterday after setting himself on fire outside the […]
108 arrested at pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University! A Pro-Israel protest and a Pro-Palestinian counter protest took place at Columbia University yesterday. (Kelsea Petersen / NBC […]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul Announces Funding for New Consortium – Empire AI Dear Commons Community, In announcing the new NYS Budget yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul indicated that the State would be making […]
The Gutting of the Liberal Arts – SUNY Potsdam Retrenches Seven Tenured Faculty! Courtesy of The Chronicle of Higher Education; Istock. Dear Commons Community, David C.K. Curry, a professor of philosophy at the State […]
Ezra Klein: Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You! Dear Commons Community, New York Times columnist, Ezra Klein, had an interesting piece last week entitled, “Happy 20th Anniversary, […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson declares he will stay on in face of threats from right-wing Republicans over national security aid package! Courtesy of Tom Williams | Credit: CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Dear Commons Community, Defiant and determined, House Speaker M […]
Smartmatic settles voter fraud defamation suit against right-wing network OAN Courtesy of Raw News. Dear Commons Community, Voting machine equipment company Smartmatic has settled its lawsuit against San […]
Trump's Truth Social Stock Plummets — Again! Dear Commons Community, Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, p […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Claims Trump Asked Him To Be His Veep — And He Declined! Getty Images. Dear Commons Community, Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aroused skepticism from both the left […]
Los Angeles County's 101 Freeway to undergo weeks of closures to build wildlife crossing! P-89, a subadult male mountain lion, was found dead along the shoulder of the 101 Freeway between the DeSoto and Winnetka exits in Woodland […]
Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books! The Associated Press. Dear Commons Community, The Associated Press has a featured article entitled, “Librarians fear new penalties, e […]