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
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
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
There is no need for demonstrators to reinvent the wheel when it comes to articulating a manifesto. Franklin D. Roosevelt said it beautifully in his 1944 State of the Union Address, excerpted here: “The Economic Bill of Rights” It is … Continue reading
