You must be hearing the alarm bells by now on Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership, The Conservative Promise, that conservatives want Donald Trump to implement should he become president. These include reforming the FBI, aligning the DOJ’s…
I'm thrilled to share a story of personal good fortune that supports the promotion of an incredible education-themed film featuring the legendary Malcolm McDowell, which is currently being considered for multiple film festivals.
I got an idea from a friend yesterday evening regarding a discussion group that people in her community are going to have on Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership, the Conservative Promise. This gave me the idea to post a downloadable…
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett with Inside Texas PoliticsFriends, Read this in tandem with listening to Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett's interview in Inside Texas Politics. Inside Texas Politics | Full interview with Texas Congresswoman…
Wow! This was an eye-opener. I am reading this in the context of my earlier post today on "unschooling." There is much to know about these suspect movements. I would never want to say that all homeschooling or unschooling is bad, but…
"Unschooling." Put that word into your vocabulary. It overlaps with the concept of "homeschooling," which tends to have an anti-government, individualistic, libertarian bent to it. I can see how this can be a class issue with families…
Dr. Macario Hernandez, my former student and mentee, just made a major career leap as Dallas College Mountain View Campus president. He reached out to me Saturday evening to give me this amazing news.
Restrictive abortion policies are a very serious matter. Politicians who speak of the sanctity of life don't care to understand that women both understand this and still merit a right to choose. A woman's body is her own sanctity. Moreover…
I just came across this interesting piece on politics by Francis Ghilès published by CIDOB on the upcoming June 30th election. For one, I just learned the term, "Euroscepticism," that captures the notion within Europe of opposition to the…
I highly recommend this book. It was authored by former Politico Magazine chief political correspondent Tim Alberta who now writes for The Atlantic. He grew up in a white protestant church where his father served as a preacher for many…
Even if one is not up front with one's political views, students can generally guess what their professor's views are. A really good point here on the question of indoctrination is that many views are discredited and should not be taught…
This is absolutely Gen Z's and Millennials' opportunity to pick the next president. Together, according to Harvard University pollster, John Della Volpe (2022), they represent close to 40 percent of the electorate. Pretty impressive.
Interesting read. Though not as scholarly as I would have preferred, what I am reading here tends to nevertheless align with what I've read about Generation Z (Gen Z). Dr. Dennington nevertheless provides a framework that gets at sources…
Alberta Phillips, a member of the Austin Planning Commission, writes cogently on how politics often makes for strange bedfellows. Good ol' liberal Austin leaders are, in effect, converging with the anti-diversity agenda in the making of…
I encourage all to view this short video featuring NAACP President GaryBledsoe from a talk he delivered at UT during the 2023 Texas legislative session. He explains why the Texas State Legislature planned to remove Diversity Equity and…
Fascinating analysis by Maria Teresa Kumar who leads an important national organization named Voto Latino (or Latino Vote). The growth of the Latino population means that their share of the vote has also increased. Based on the…
Here is an article appearing in Youth Today, authored by Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut Professor Isaac Kamola, that provides a helpful over-arching sense of the ultra-conservative political landscape that should concern us all.
Such eloquence by the Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit branch of the NAACP calling out Trump's hypocrisy when he visited a Black church in Detroit over the weekend. According to another news source, The New Republic,…
As we consider the current politics surrounding DEI programs, there are many things to consider as there is often a big distance between saying one values workplace diversity and the task of actually carrying it out and managing it well.
Sharing with you this opportunity to listen to all the recordings from this powerful, recent symposium titled, "A Century of Eugenics on our Borders" held on May 28, 2024 You may find ample resources at their website, too, that I encourage…
I found this piece to be encouraging, particularly in attempts at censorship within academia. Authors Dromi and Stabler are absolutely correct that we are often too quick to call out cancel culture, overlooking scholars who challenge…
This piece by Russell Gold in this month's Texas Monthly is a lengthy, worthwhile read. You can't make this stuff up. It's interesting to juxtapose Tim Dunn's vision of a theocracy from marked declines in religious affiliations according…
This piece is helpful in that it shows how the far right accomplishes its goals. What they do is delegitimize a concept like "wokeness" by redefining it, and then equating it with extreme cases, or lying about its meaning.
I'm sure Texas A & M wants this story swept under the rug, especially after the derailed hiring of Dr. Kathleen McElroy. Now this is a story about Dr. Arica Brandford, who sounds like an amazing scholar at the intersection of nursing and…
I just received a link to this beautiful book that is a celebration of LGBTQIA+ identities. You can read it yourself. Do notice that at the very end are suggestions on how it can be used as a teaching tool. You can read it for free at this…
I wonder how the UT system and other universities are going to get around the fact that if students perceive their campuses as hostile—which they clearly are in the wake of the taking down of DEI offices and initiatives—how are they…
I often wonder whether members of the Millennial or Gen Z generations know just how powerful they are. Together, they will be approximately 40 percent of the electorate in 2024. This is eye-popping, as far as I am concerned. Add to this…
The jury on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs is in, with most Americans support DEI efforts. A Pew Research poll last year found 56% of workers believe DEI improves their workplace, while only 16% said it has a negative…