An interdisciplinary major might be the best answer to the problem today of finding work with a liberal arts degree. Today, there are more college graduates than there are jobs available that require the type of college degree or major most college graduates have. Why did I ever get a graduate degree in writing poetry, […]
College Freshman: “I am getting deported on Wednesday”
Herta Llusho is a 19-year old student at risk of being deported from the United States to Albania on Wednesday, August 19. Bloggers at DreamActivist.org and other immigrant rights blogs are calling on Americans to help delay her deportation until new legislation is enacted that would enable her to stay. And they have listed numerous […]
Azerbaijan: Bloggers speak about Baku youth protest, detentions
Following a terrifying shooting spree at a Baku university which left 13 dead, students took to the streets to demand that a national day of mourning be declared in Azerbaijan. With the request falling on deaf ears, several youth activists, among them some bloggers, planned to protest the inaction, and specifically a festive holiday of […]
Stimulus Replay of the 80’s
This week immediately after signing the death knell "stimulus" spending package in Denver, Mr. Obama made an overnight stop in my former state of Arizona, the state I left now almost two years ago after being one of the early victims of the housing and mortgage crisis, and also after having been the victim of […]
Federal Court Denies American Rancher’s Civil Rights
In a February 18, 2009, article in the Washington Times was a report on a recent case heard in U.S. District Court in Tucson with respect to 16 illegal immigrants who had trespassed on a rancher’s property in their attempts to gain entry into the United States. The rancher, Mr. Roger Barrett’s, property has become […]
Turn Spare Time into Social Good With ‘Extraordinaries’ iPhone App
No time to volunteer or give back to society? Jacob Colker wants to help you exploit a wasted resource: your spare time. In the seconds it takes you to send a vapid Tweet or check TheSuperficial, Colker contends, you could be teaching English to an immigrant, or helping a NASA explore the surface of Mars. […]