Monday, December 11, 2023

December 11

Good morning on what looks like a cloudy day. The temperature is supposed to stay in the 30s.

Check out the article by Andrea Mazzarino on Tomdispatch.

I have been busy today. Finished the oven roasted butternut squash. The pork roast and acorn squash are in the oven. In about half an hour I will fix the spaghetti for today's dinner. The butternut squash and pork roast will take care of tomorrow and Wednesday. Might even have some pork left for a chef salad for Thursday. By then I will decide on what to do for the next three or four days.

Robert Reich has some good comments on the furor over the testimony from three presidents of to questions during a House committee hearing last week. To date two of the three have resigned. They were asked for a "yes/no" answer to an ethical/moral question and gave instead a legalistic answer. They totally failed to recognize the difference. Reich asks a good question though considering the role big pockets donors had in the resignations: how will the environment of the institutions change if donors extend their pressure to other issues? Another question: exactly what role do we want our education system to play in our society and how do we balance the interests of our various constituencies?

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