One Faculty Serving All Students

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Michael Anthony

Here’s an interesting article on a new statement issued by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce dealing with the working conditions of faculty at institutions of higher education.

A coalition of academic associations is today issuing a joint statement calling on colleges to recognize that they have “one faculty” and to treat those off the tenure track as professionals, with pay, benefits, professional development and participation in governance.
The joint statement, “One Faculty Serving All Students,” (pdf) calls for colleges to adopt a series of policies that would significantly improve the treatment of adjunct faculty members at many institutions. The statement was organized by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce, and has been signed by 14 disciplinary associations as well as by the American Federation of Teachers. The disciplines involved represent such major fields as anthropology, art, composition, English, foreign languages, philosophy and religion.
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The statement deals with some important questions, but does it provide the correct answers? Did the AAUP make the right decision to hold out?

What's Wrong with Canada

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Michael Anthony

When people express their fears about health care reform in this country, Canada is often spoken of as the example the kinds of system we want to avoid. It’s nowhere near perfect. For example, wait times to see a doctor are slightly longer in Canada than here, but they are shorter than they are in a lot of other countries with universal care. More importantly, the overall picture is better.

Basic Statistics

U.S. Canada

Life Expectancy (Male) 74.8 77.4

Life Expectancy (Female) 80.1 82.4

Infant Mortality/1000 live births 6.8 5.3

Obesity Rate (Male) 31.1 17.0

Obesity Rate (Female) 32.2 19.0

HC spending as % of GDP (2005) 16.0% 10.4%

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–via Healthcare Economists

I don’t know, Canada doesn’t sound that bad to me.

Clear and Concise Plan

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Michael Anthony

In his response to the State of the Union Address Governor McDonnell said the Democratic solutions for solving problems like health care where “1,000 page bills that no one has read” and that their plans where clearly laid out on the RNC web site. Well, here’s the President’s plan, including a four minute video summary.

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Economists on the Budget Freeze

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Michael Anthony

Here’s how one economist responded to President Obama’s idea of a spending freeze, which is likely to be a major topic of his State of the Union speech.

A spending freeze? That’s the brilliant response of the Obama team to their first serious political setback?
It’s appalling on every level.
It’s bad economics, depressing demand when the economy is still suffering from mass unemployment. Jonathan Zasloff writes that Obama seems to have decided to fire Tim Geithner and replace him with “the rotting corpse of Andrew Mellon” (Mellon was Herbert Hoover’s Treasury Secretary, who according to Hoover told him to “liquidate the workers, liquidate the farmers, purge the rottenness”.)

That economist is Princeton professor Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.
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Open Letter to DNC re: Health Care Reform. Listen to Jon Stewart

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Michael Anthony

To the Democratic National Committee:
I can’t tell you how much reading something like this which appeared on the USA Today site makes me.

Critical condition. Life support. Code red.Any kind of medical cliche can be used to describe the state of President Obama's health care initiative.The election of Republican Scott Brown to the Senate gives the GOP the power to block a final health care bill, so the Obama White House and the Democrats are scrambling to figure out what they can do — if anything.
via Obama and health care: Critical condition

If you allow this single victory to derail legislation that should be a priority for the Democrats, then you will have proven yourself a truly failed leadership. Let me refer you to the following clip from The Daily Show.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

Mass Backwards

www.thedailyshow.com

Daily Show
Full Episodes

Political Humor

Health Care Crisis

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Why Scott Brown May Win and Why It Shouldn't Matter So Much

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Michael Anthony

The Coakley campaign should never have taken victory in the Massachusetts special election for granted, as many believe they did, at least early on. It’s common that in off year elections the opposition party suffers. Though Massachusetts is said to be a solidly Democratic state, those lines don’t mean as much as they used to, and this is a year in which people are upset about the economy and fired up by a lot of opposition fear mongering on health care reform. It’s always the angry that turn out, especially on a cold, damp day like today. Coakley doesn’t inspire passion. Brown does.
I hope I’m wrong and I’ve voted, marking my vote for Coakley. But even if she’s defeated, it shouldn’t matter as much as pundits are saying it does. Democrats are TERRIBLE strategists. Jon Stewart put it so well last night.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

Mass Backwards

www.thedailyshow.com

Daily Show
Full Episodes

Political Humor

Health Care Crisis

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Still, there are a couple hours left, so GET OUT AND VOTE FOR MARTHA COAKLEY!

Martha Coakley for Senate

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Michael Anthony

President Obama and Martha Coakley

I’m afraid that I have to admit that I agree with Scott Brown. The negative campaign ads directed against him by the Coakley campaign have been a bit much. The other night I was watching tv and the negative ads came on, one after the other. Many of them featured a dark ominous voice talking about the terrible things that would happen if Brown got elected. Then Copley herself came on in an ad and, to be honest, her voice seemed just a bit strident and annoying. But don’t be deceived. This election is about substance, not style; Issues, not rhetoric!
The fact is that Scott Brown spouts a lot of general, feel good rhetoric that needs to be interrogated and challenged. Brown accuses his opponents of running ads that attack him but don’t discuss the issues, but where is the discussion of the issues in his ads? He’s endorsed by the Tea Party Patriots. I am opposed to virtually every point in their agenda and think they are a little nuts. If they endorse him, I want to know why. What issues does he agree with them on? The answer is far too many.
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Lieberman Less Popular among Connecticut Democrats than Obama among Connecticut Republicans!

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Michael Anthony

According to an article by Sam Stein in the Huffington Post, Joe Lieberman’s popularity ratings in Connecticut have really tanked.

More than 80 percent (81 percent) of Democrats now say they disapprove of the job Lieberman is doing with only 14 percent approving. Among Republicans, 48 percent disapprove of the senator with just 39 approving. And among independents, 61 percent disapprove of Lieberman’s antics with just 32 percent approving.
“It all adds up to a 25% approval rating with 67% of his constituents giving him bad marks,” the study concludes. “Barack Obama’s approval rating with Connecticut Republicans is higher than Lieberman’s with the state’s Democrats.”

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News from the Early am

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Michael Anthony

The Capitol

It’s 3:00 am and I was about to go to bed. Two pieces of news have come across my computer screen. One involves a piece of legislation that has been in the works for many months, the other a tragedy involving a young Hollywood talent. In the first item:

Democrats won a major victory in their push for health care reform early Monday morning as the Senate voted to end debate on a package of controversial proposals to a sweeping $871 billion bill.

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