Today, November 22, 2023, marks the 60th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy. I remember it well. Our teacher got a phone call, after which she told us that President Kennedy had been shot. This tragedy was the focus of the next four days. My memories of the early 60’s are spotty. …
At the end of August, 2023, Marc Tessier-Lavigne (MTL) resigned his position as President of Stanford University. Jerry Yang, Chairman of the Stanford Board of Trustees, summarized the situation in his July 19, 2023, statement. The Scientific Panel created to investigate MTL made had three conclusions. First, they “did find evidence that some members of …
At a recent Stanford Senate meeting, President Tessier-Lavigne declared he did not want the Faculty Senate “to set itself up as a thought police.” I also do not want to see anyone at Stanford act as “thought police”, but experiences during my 34 years at Stanford tell me that some people at Stanford do act as “speech …
I just became aware of the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative webpage at Stanford. You may not be able to see it if you are not affiliated with Stanford. I would love to post a pdf printout of it but I am sure someone at Stanford would claim I violated some rule. I will report …
Stanford website declares “American” to be “Harmful Language” Read More »
Yesterday a friend of mine told me about economist Claudia Sahm and her blog Stay-at-Home Macro. I suspect all of you know about her blog but if you don’t you definitely should look at it. Claudia’s blog covers many topics including the Fed (her past employer), child tax credits, and inflation. Today’s post “Be the …