Nelson Morgan 
For too long, Discrimination, Ego, and Ignorance (DEI) have been under attack. Over the last 60 years, with landmark legislation like the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the growing perspective that long-term discrimination carries huge, generational effects, the lock on power of privileged groups has been loosened (some). And institutions like our universities have … Read more
I was speaking to an old friend recently, and he said that he didn’t see who would be our “hero.” The right wing has theirs, the one we’ve viewed as a buffoon who has managed to throw a wrecking ball into so many of our institutions in a few weeks. And we have some very … Read more
The Trump-Musk administration is trying to cut funding for research (which was apparent even before the confirmation of anti-science nominee RFK Jr for HHS head). The most broadly publicized cut has used a criterion most people outside of the grants world haven’t heard of, limiting overhead rates to a very low level. But co-President Musk’s pronouncements have made … Read more
If it looks like a crime spree, and it sounds like a crime spree, is it a crime spree?
Every day, another outrage. The golfer-in-chief and his minions have been flooding the zone with outrageous announcements, many of which are shot down quickly by the courts or by the court of public opinion. But not all. Some of them are already having negative effects, some of them deadly. I won’t hypothesize about cause and … Read more