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Month: February 2018

Education or Profit?

Education or Profit?

Introduction The free market economy has redefined education. Once upon a time, in a world far, far away, one without neoliberal capitalism and a market economy, a person could get a real education. Whether it was an undergraduate degree or a doctoral degree, it reflected a person’s ability to contribute to a field of study with significant research and to develop programs that could improve the state of affairs. Education was considered a state of mind, a lifelong learning process….

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Major on the minors and minor on the majors:The American Way (sadly)

Major on the minors and minor on the majors:The American Way (sadly)

The news channel has spent fifteen minutes focused on the fatalities from airboat accidents. Less than a dozen in the last three years! They stressed the urgent need for regulation in the industry. Really! This is important need to the average citizen how?! Wow! How about an in-depth discussion of stricter regulation in prescription drugs, something that negatively impacts the lives of millions of people?! Quit focusing on trivia and get serious about critical issues. All this nonsense does is…

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