Yearly Archives: 2009

Larry Summers and Harvard

As I’ve repeatedly pointed out over the years, during the last decade or so Harvard University had basically become a gigantic hedge-fund, with some sort of little school or whatever attached to one side. For example, I think I once … Continue reading

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Not With a Bang

Yesterday morning’s San Jose Mercury News (Sharon Noguchi, March 20, 2009) carried a very rare report on the topic of “bilingual education.” Apparently, a decision has been made to reduce and perhaps evntually close one of the last remaining “bilingual” … Continue reading

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