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I missed this while it was happening, but it got some attention in the NYT today. New Hampshire has enacted a law that seems to give parents unilateral power to line-item veto their kids’ curriculum in public schools. The law looks like a can of worms, because the parents’ substitute material has to be “sufficient [...]
Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category
January 25th, 2012
November 29th, 2011
The faculty senate meeting passed all four resolutions en bloc about 10:1, 336-34. The resolutions are here, here, here, and here. This morning, specific language of no confidence in the administration was removed from one of the resolutions by its sponsors so it wouldn’t appear to be a demand for resignation. I think the attendance, [...]
November 26th, 2011
Category: Education policy, Income distribution, Leadership, Management, Occupy Wall Street, Politics and Leadership, University of California
On Monday, the Berkeley faculty will have a special meeting to consider several resolutions condemning the police behavior at the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstration, and another resolution that says in part: Therefore be it Resolved that the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate has lost confidence in the ability of Chancellor Birgeneau, EVC Breslauer [...]
November 12th, 2011
To review: as everyone has observed, a list of individuals (not yet complete, certainly) acted and passived criminally and/or despicably. And it is equally true that not all of Paterno’s or even Spanier’s career behavior has been despicable or even mediocre; indeed, adding to the dimensions of the tragedy, they did a lot of good [...]
April 21st, 2011
It’s a long haul, but the criminal justice system in Mexico is moving in the right direction, lots of credit to our students, the Abogados con Cámaras. The injunction against their film has been lifted and everyone is watching it. Including people in high places, más aqui (en español). Did I mention that Negrete and [...]
February 3rd, 2011
Patton’s appreciation of tough but unglamorous work—and a bleg for a speech from the Left that does as well or better.
January 29th, 2011
Category: Leadership
I should have given President Reagan his due on this one. On that day 25 years ago, he deployed an actor’s grace to comfort a grieving nation.
December 12th, 2010
On Megan McArdle, Mel Gibson, and inconvenient facts.
“Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”: The Coach and the President Heed an African Proverb
African-American leaders know better than to frighten their followers. Shouldn’t the rest of us know better than to berate them for their self-restraint?
Posted: Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 at 10:39 am
Tags: " African Americans, "Speak Softly And Carry a Big Stick, African Proverb, Angry Black Men, Arizona Shooting, Bears, Black Men, Chicago Bears, Coach, Commentariat, Leadership, Lovie Smith, Mike Ditka, Obama, Politics News, President, racism, Tucson-Shooting-Victims
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