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 […]

Meghan O'Rourke: The End of the University as We Know It Credit:  Joan Wong. Dear Commons Community, Ms. O’Rourke, editor of The Yale Review and a professor in the English department at Ya […]

Teacher in Meridian, Idaho ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here' Idaho school district orders teacher to remove ‘Everyone is welcome here’ sign. Dear Commons Community, An Idaho teacher is in a […]

Lincoln Heights, Ohio: A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally An armed volunteer for the Lincoln Heights Safety and Watch Program stands guard near a community center.  Courtesy of NBC News. Dear […]

Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before' An artist’s impression shows a red dwarf (left) and a white dwarf (center) closely orbiting each other. Astronomers believe the tight orbit […]

The Ten Democrats Who Voted to Avert a Federal Government Shutdown   Dear Commons Community, In a dramatic break with much of their party, ten Senate Democrats voted alongside Republicans […]

Large AI models are cultural and social technologies – not intelligent agents! Photo courtesy of http://www.eduba.com. Dear Commons Community, Science has an in depth article this morning entitled, “Large AI models are c […]