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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Parsing Chancellor Birgeneau
So here’s my take on Cal Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s incredibly lame email to the “extended Berkeley Community” explaining the police brutality that took place on the campus where the free speech movement was born. His words are in quotes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley violence, Occupy Cal, Occupy Wall Street, Robert Birgeneau
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Best Definitions of a Corporation
The most quotable words I’ve heard this week come from Stephen Colbert and Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor. Secretary Reich: “I will believe that corporations are people when Georgia and Texas execute them.” Stephen Colbert: “[Corporations are] Born in … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens United, corporate personhood, Robert Reich, Stephen Colbert
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Pepper Spray at UC Davis
This morning I received an email from UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, attempting to explain why student protestors there were casually assaulted by police with pepper spray. Here is my response: Chancellor Katehi: I do not accept your explanation that … Continue reading
Occupy a Hostile Work Environment
My first job out of college was waiting tables (and yes, college-educated Baby Boomers had a hard time finding jobs, too). An older, more experienced waitress told me that the owner/manager often made crude sexual comments but he was “just … Continue reading
