Issues
They Said It – Issue 100
“You should always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”
– Lawrence Peter (“Yogi”) Berra, Yankees & Hall of Fame catcher; died September 22, 2015 at age 90
Stupidest College Courses
So you spend $63,194 to send your little darling to Occidental College for a year. But it’s worth it! Because once enrolled in “Oxy” she can sign up for “Critical Theory & Social Justice: Stupidity.”
Here, among the sacred groves of academe, she’ll learn that “Stupidity is neither ignorance nor organicity, but rather, a corollary of knowing and an element of normalcy…”
See? We told you it was worth every cent!
Editors’ note: One of your co-editors graduated from Oxy. He was often told he was stupid, but he never got to take a class in it!
They Said It – Issue 99
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
– Benjamin Franklin
Good News For the Late Year
Oregon’s graduating seniors of almost every race and ethnicity, particularly African Americans and Native Americans, scored better on one important test of college readiness ACT than the class before them…
– Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian/Oregon Live
Words You Can’t Wait To Use – Issue 98
Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) (Noun)
A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.
Good News For the Mid Year – Issue 96
Enjoy it While it Lasts
For the month of June the U.S. Government recorded a $51.8 Billion surplus
Good News for the Mid Year – Issue 95
According to the College Board, average tuition and fees for community colleges are $3,300. The average Pell grant for community college students…$3,300!
– The Wall Street Journal
Good News for Mid-Year
Poor People Getting Less Poor!
Between 1991 & 2013 the number of people living on $1.25/day fell from 811 million to 375 million. – International Labor Office
Oregon governor says gas tax for roads is dead – Associated Press
Good News For The Not So New Year – Issue 92
Lane County unemployment rate falls to seven-year low
– Eugene Register Guard, May 28, 2015
Good News For The Not-So-New Year – Issue 90
Global Warming More Moderate Than Worst-Case Models
DURHAM, N.C. – A new study based on 1,000 years of temperature records suggests global warming is not progressing as fast as it would under the most severe emissions scenarios outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…
https://nicholas.duke.edu/news/global-warming-more-moderate-worst-case-models