Category Archives: education
Too Smart for the NFL
So far this year one NFL player is in jail on murder charges while others have been fined for tackling too hard. Now, according to Bloomberg, a 320 pound Nebraska and Oregon reject has been suspended for bullying a 310 pound Stanford classics major for being too smart.
Dolphin tackle Jonathan Martin turned over to the NFL some nasty voice and text messages he received from guard Richie Incognito that indicate the hazing went beyond “team building”. This wasn’t a case of veterans making the rookie stand on a table at training camp and sing his college alma mater. He flat out got the “mean girl treatment” when he sat down to eat and Incognito and the other linemen got up and left. Whatever.
The Government Family Album
In a variation on his “you didn’t build that” theme, President Obama told Ohio State grads to lose individual ambition and embrace their government. Update: Otherwise, expect an IRS audit.
He implored the new grads to reject:
“the voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s the root of all our problems…”
And while they’re at it, reject the idea of checks and balances because:
“we sometimes forget the larger bonds we share, as one American family.”
Bachelor Degree
This is an editorial cartoon I did for the Tampa Bay Times. Florida Governor Rick Scott, taking a page from the Texas playbook, is challenging state colleges to offer 4 year degrees for $10,000.
Student Loan Bubble
Nationwide student loan debt reached an all time high of one trillion dollars. It also reached an all time high in delinquency rates. Is this the next bubble? Here’s a Bloomberg story about a government plan to make automatic withdrawals from student loan debtors’ paychecks.
Defined Benefit
In The Campaign’s Stupid Moment, Holman Jenkins says that “in defining Romney, Obama may be finally defining himself for a mystified electorate”.
