Ax the professors, hire the senators

Oh I wish I wrote this piece.  

But then I would have to be Howard Troxler and Howard Troxler already has that job.

Seriously, read this and if you live in Florida be prepared to be irate.

College admission is a marketing game

This girl. This girl here. Her name is Morrisa Brenner. Yesterday, she had a piece on Marketplace. Oh she is brilliant and dead on. Admissions is such a game. Here's her commentary.

Say G'night Arthur

ZAMM

So shines a bright deed in a dark world

Oh My God. It's Full Of Stars

Tears

Arthur C. Clarke
December 1917 – March 2008

In an interview with The Associated Press, Clarke once said he did not regret having never followed his novels into space, adding that he had arranged to have DNA from strands of his hair sent into orbit.

http://www.clarkefoundation.org/

Thank You, Sir

More Tears

Nightswimming

The Florida Legislature's higher education plan

Today The St Petersburg Times offered this story -- Fight over higher education governance gets nasty. It was one of those articles that I had to set down about every paragraph and pace the bungalow. But right next to it was this column by Howard Troxler which nicely reminds the reader what is really going on. Just read both pieces and remember to vote. You could write someone too, not Howard. Someone else who is supposed to represent your interests.

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