Dallas Observer In Texas, death-row gold diggers reportedly marry Texas inmates for life insurance t’s a curious phenomenon, the “death row groupies” who become enamored with men who committed some of the most vile crimes you can imagine. When Scott Peterson arrived at California’s San Quentin State Prison fresh off a conviction of murdering his wife and unborn child, he received a marriage proposal within the first hour. “These […]
WGBH Obama’s Subtle SOTU Intent: Put Congress In Its Place President Obama’s fifth State of the Union speech wasn’t his best, but it may have been his most entertaining. Freed from the illusion that Republicans will ever work with him, the president last night was upbeat, funny and slashingly partisan. He paid tribute to House Speaker John Boehner as “the son of a barkeep,” forcing a pained […]
Bloomberg Businessweek To Meet President Obama’s Jobs Goal, Involve All Colleges In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama announced a new effort to help Americans get “the skills employers need and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right now” by increasing apprenticeships and community college training programs. The president is absolutely right to focus on using higher education to increase […]
A-Rod Needs a History Lesson While Alex Rodriquez may be off the front pages for the moment, this hiatus will give him the opportunity to study up on the history of labor relations in the national pastime. He has railed against the labor arbitration process and the man who ran the process in his case, distinguished labor arbitrator Federic Horowitz. […]
Let the Games Begin! In a few weeks, some of the finest athletes in the world will gather for the quadrennial Winter Olympic festival in Sochi, Russia. The last time the Olympics were held in Russia, it was still the Soviet Union, and the Americans, among other nations, did not send a team to compete. President Jimmy Carter decided […]
The Best Schools Sports Management: Online Master’s Degrees 4. Northeastern University (Boston, MA) Northeastern University is a private, research institution that is proud of having the “world’s largest and most innovative cooperative education program,” offering professional work, research, service, and global learning. Even in the beginning, in 1898, as the Evening School of the YMCA, Northeastern had a cooperative program which possessed these characteristics. Today, […]
A fresh approach to improving student outcomes More than 950,000 kids are going back to public schools across the Commonwealth. The majority of them will be in school districts that rank among the best in the nation and they will benefit from another year of quality education from some of the most dedicated teachers anywhere. For others, however, particularly in low income […]
Crosscut Northeastern U: The start of a new SLU U-District? For a state that lags far behind the rest of the nation in the production of science and engineering graduates, Northeastern University’s entry into Washington’s higher education marketplace should be welcome news. Some in the field though, worry the Boston-based school’s arrival might give Washingtonians a false sense of security about the future of higher education. […]
Climate Change Series: Energy Efficiency Energy efficiency used to mean keeping the thermostat below 68 degrees or putting on a sweater. No longer. A generation of study and technological advances have transformed the field — making huge economic and environmental savings possible. In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama challenged the nation “to cut in half the energy […]
Media to President: You’re a Liberal! The state of the union may or may not be strong, but the State of the Union was liberal. That was the view of media commentators from the left, right and center the morning after President Barack Obama delivered his fourth State of the Union address. The president called for a higher minimum wage, universal preschool […]
Obama’s Call to Action: Political Theatrics or Authentic School Reform? A student drops out of high school every nine seconds, according to a recent study conducted by the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition. In his recent State of the Union address President Obama proposed a relatively simple solution: require every state to keep all students in school until they graduate or turn 18.
New Republic: Labor Intensive Move Against Boeing? On April 20, Lafe Solomon, the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued a complaint against Boeing. Two years ago, the company had announced it was transferring the production of 2,000 airplanes from a unionized plant in Puget Sound, Washington, to a non-union plant outside Charleston, South Carolina. According to Solomon’s […]