A Sad Day for the U.S. at the U.N.:  The land of the free votes with Russia on a Ukraine war resolution. Courtesy of Newsweek. Dear Commons Community, The United Nations is no great moral arbiter of anything, but at least the United States […]

New York Times: Inside the Rupert Murdoch Family Succession Plot! Rupert Murdoch and Children (from top) Prudence, Elizabeth, Lachlan, and James.  Courtesy of The New York Times. Dear Commons […]

Maureen Dowd: Fail, Caesar! Courtesy of El Mundo. Dear Commons Community, Maureen Dowd had a send-up of Trump in her Times column yesterday comparing him to Roman […]

Trump Administration Cancels Long-Term NAEP Exam for High Schoolers! Dear Commons Community, The Trump administration abruptly canceled the long-term NAEP exam that has measured the math and reading skills […]

Mark Cuban: Democrats Are Too Inept to Exploit Trump's Chaos Dear Commons Community, The following is a recap of a talk given yesterday by Mark Cuban as reported by Time magazine. “Mark Cuban is […]

Roald Dahl on Measles and Vaccination! Dear Commons Community, The above was sent to me by my colleague, Patsy Moskal, at the University of Central Florida. Roald Dahl was […]

Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies. “It’s a national tragedy.” Shirley Tilghman, President Emerita, Princeton University Former federal workers protest against cuts to government agencies in Washington D.C.  Courtesy of Fortune. Dear Commons […]

San Jose State University Creates 'AI Librarian' Position Dear Commons Community, One of the first dedicated AI librarians at any university, according to a news release last week, Sharesly […]

Prime Minister Trudeau schools Trump after last night’s hockey victory: ‘You can’t take our country and you can't take our game’   Dear Commons Community, There was a great hockey game last night played by Team Canada and Team USA that the Canadians won 3-2 […]

Trump has tapped North Dakota’s Kirsten Baesler as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education in the USDOE Kirsten Baesler Dear Commons Community, President Trump has tapped North Dakota’s Kirsten Baesler—a former school leader and tec […]

New Book:  “A Crack in Everything” by Marcus Chown Dear Commons Community, I have just finished reading A Crack in Everything:  How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic […]

How Mayor Eric Adams of New York Could Be Removed From Office! Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul Dear Commons Community, The major story in New York City is whether Mayor Eric Adams will be removed from […]

MacKenzie Scott has donated $19 billion. The impact? 'Transformational. Mackensie Scott.  Bloomberg via Getty Images. Dear Commons Community, USA Today has a featured article on MacKensie Scott, entitled, […]

Ezra Klein Interviews Congressman Jake Auchincloss: Democrats Cannot be a “Diet-Coke” Version of Republican Party Populism Jake Auchincloss Dear Commons Community, Ezra Klein podcaster and contributor to The New York Times, had an extensive interview with […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams in Crisis Mode as Governor Kathy Hochul Holds Meetings on His Future! Mayor Eric Adams is resisting calls for his resignation. Credit…Dave Sanders for The New York Times   Dear Commons […]

Maureen Dowd on Who Will Stand up to Trump and Musk? Dear Commons Community, Maureen Dowd, in her column on Sunday in The New York Times, entitled, “Who Will Stand Up to Trump at High […]

Christopher Jencks, Major Researcher on Education and Social Inequality, Dies at 88! Christopher Jencks in his Harvard office in 1972.  Credit…Joyce Dopkeen/The New York Times Dear Commons Community, I was sad to read […]

President's Day 2025! Dear Commons Community, Today we honor and remember our presidents especially George Washington and Abraham Lincoln who led our country […]