In Egypt, an Authoritarian Regime Holds Sway Again.

The UK's university system remains better than the US system in one way: the payments made by graduates depend on their incomes.

My main motive for going to college was fascination for learning. I hardly thought about making money afterward; I assumed I would become a professor but I rarely thought that far ahead. It was easy in the US in the 60s and 70s to follow an artistic or scholarly fascination and let income take care of itself, because the US still allowed most people a share in its income.

We should not blame today's students for giving high priority to their careers after they graduate, but the fact that they do so is a disadvantage for society. It will change when we get rid of plutocracy.

Financial "disruption" and technical "disruption" work together to track more, control more, and charge more.

Silencing Extreme Views, Even If They Are Those of Internet Trolls, Is Wrong.

It is not just wrong, it is tyranny.

The US millennial generation is the least religious generation in US history. Churches are shrinking, and in the long term, the theocratic Christian right-wing is going to get weaker.

In effect, this election is the Christian fanatics' last chance at grabbing political power, and if they get it, the only way they can hold on to it is by denying the vote to those who will later take it away from them.