I was born in the middle of the Great Depression, lived through World War Two and the Viet Nam debacle, and survived a string of Republican silliness, including the worst President America has ever seen. All through these most difficult of times America has muddled through and has come out stronger than ever. Because of…

As most of you know I have spent two-thirds of my life as a college teacher. Throughout most of that time I have tried to operate according to an educational philosophy that emphasizes the process of learning rather than simply learning an on facts and about ideas as ends in themselves. Often, I called this…