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Why I love teaching (but hate teaching remotely)
Rumor has it that I’ll be teaching remotely again this spring because of the Omicron variant. No official word from Berkeley yet, but the variant see…
4 years ago
Office Hours: Who would you select as person of the year (other than Elon Musk)?
Time magazine has named Elon Musk as its 2021 “Person of the Year,” calling him “the man who aspires to save our planet and get us a new one to inhab…
4 years ago
Why I don't trust the mainstream media
I’m often asked how I keep up with the news. Obviously, I avoid the unhinged rightwing outlets pushing misinformation, disinformation, and poisonous …
4 years ago
How to talk to people who are 50 years younger
It turns out that most of the people I deal with daily – the people I talk with, meet with, collaborate with, teach, zoom with, and have lunch and co…
4 years ago
One small step for Starbucks workers, one giant leap for workers across America
Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter on power, politics, and the real economy. If you’d like to support this work, please consider becoming a p…
4 years ago
Office Hours: What will American democracy look like in 2031?
Tomorrow begins Joe Biden’s two-day “Summit for Democracy,” whose avowed goal is to rally the nations of the world against the forces of authoritaria…
4 years, 1 month ago
The heart of a community: a small business
I’ve got a special place near my heart for Dan & Whit’s general store in Norwich, Vermont. It was there for me during my undergraduate years in colle…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Week Ahead: A test for the American system
Friends,
You will hear lots of reports this week about whether the economy is strengthening or weakening, whether Biden’s “Build Back Better” bill wil…
4 years, 1 month ago
The most important choice ahead
Which of these alternatives sounds more radical to you — abolishing the filibuster to save our democracy, or destroying our democracy to save the fil…
4 years, 1 month ago
The biggest change during my 50 years in and around American politics
My start in American politics occurred 50 years ago this month, in December 1971, when on winter break from law school I volunteered for the incipien…
4 years, 1 month ago