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Help! What will Omicron do to my holiday plans?
When it comes to the surging Omicron variant of COVID, just about all I’m hearing is advice about holiday planning. Should one attend a holiday party…
4 years, 3 months ago
When Congress returns: Its first priority must be to save American democracy from the big lie, big anger, and big money (plus an end-note on Joe Manchin)
With the Senate now adjourned for the holidays and Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” social and climate package stalled if not dead (Senator Joe Manchi…
4 years, 3 months ago
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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago