Esau McCaulley: It’s Time for a Boycott! Credit…Day Brièrre Dear C0mmons Community, Esau McCaulley, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, had a piece yesterday […]

Wisconsin Private Colleges Under Fiscal Stress – Cut Programs and Staff! Dear Commons Community, Under severe fiscal stress, Wisconsin’s private colleges are cutting majors and retrenching staff in an effort […]

By erasing Jackie Robinson from a military website, Trump is the same as the racists who taunted him during his baseball career! Jackie Robinson Dear Commons Community, Leonard Greene had an op-ed in The New York Daily News yesterday commenting on last- week’s d […]

U.S. Supreme Court case threatens E-Rate and other federal programs that fund internet access in schools and libraries. Dear Commons Community, A case, FCC v. Consumers’ Research, will be heard on Wednesday at the U.S. Supreme Court that threatens f […]

Overseas universities see opportunity in U.S. ‘brain drain‘ Dear Commons Community, Science had an article on Friday entitled, “Overseas universities see opportunity in U.S. ‘brain drain‘”. It co […]

New Book:  “Cerebral Entanglements" by Allan J. Hamilton Dear Commons Community, I have just finished reading Cerebral Entanglements:  How the Brain Shapes Our Public and Private Lives, by A […]

Columbia University Caves to the Bully Trump! Dear Commons Community, Under threat from the Trump administration, Columbia University agreed to implement a suite of policy changes […]

Must See Cartoon: "Private Eye" Skewers Trump and His Relationship with Putin! Dear Commons Community, British satirical magazine Private Eye took aim at President Donald Trump’s so-far unsuccessful attempts to b […]

Trump Signs Executive Order to Dismantle the Department of Education Dear Commons Community, As expected, President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday that calls for Secretary of Education L […]

Trump Called the United States ‘Bloated, Fat and Disgusting’ in 1st Cabinet Meeting Dear Commons Community, President Donald Trump did not hold back when describing the state of the United States in the first Cabinet […]

Technuscript – Using Digital Technology to Generate Modern Illuminated Manuscripts Dear Commons Community, Last year, I read two books  by Christopher de Hamel about illuminated manuscripts.  He, who is widely r […]

Michael J. Hicks: Trump has no plan to fix the economy – and Americans know it!   Dear Commons Community, Mchael J. Hicks, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and the George and Frances […]

U.S. Department of Education Closes its Office of Educational Technology! Dear Commons Community The U.S. Department of Education’s office of educational technology has been eliminated as part of the federal a […]

Chief Justice John Roberts Smacks Down Trump’s Call to Impeach Judges Chief Justice John Roberts. Reuters. Dear Commons Community, Chief Justice John Roberts decried calls from President Trump and his […]

Previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been released: Sending historians hunting for new clues! President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot, Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas.  (AP […]

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is investing more of its money in Japan amid the recent selloff in the U.S. stock market. Dear Commons Community, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increased its holdings in Japan’s five biggest trading houses, according to […]

French Member of Parliament: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France! Dear Commons Community, Raphaël Glucksmann, a French politician is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no […]

New York Times Editorial: Colleges Are Under Attack, They Can Fight Back! Dear Commons Community, The New York Times yesterday had an editorial entitled, “Colleges Are Under Attack, They Can Fight […]