Judging a book by its cover. An opinionated first-grader gives her take on who should win the Academy Awards based on each movie poster. When shown a poster of “Lincoln,” she responded: “It’s about Lincoln and how he became the president. But the movie looks creepy and weird and he has a humongous chin.” (Huffington Post)

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One of the Washington Post’s best columnists doesn’t publish on the op-ed page, but in the Business section: Steven Pearlstein. I’ve become a regular reader over the last few years, not just because he provides a lot of insightful, well-informed commentary on business and economic issues, but because he’s written some really good pieces on higher education. A few months Continue Reading »

Steven Pearlstein, that is, the Washington Post business columnist. You can learn most of what you need to know about why higher education costs so much and what to do about it by reading his two columns on the subject this week (here and here). Today’s piece focuses on University of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kerwan:

Kirwan’s singular achievement has been to fundamentally chanContinue Reading »

Immigrants and immigrant rights advocates in Maryland are meeting in Annapolis today to rally Senators and Delegates in support of a measure that would grant in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrant students who have graduated from a Maryland high school. Critics of the measure, House Bill 6, argue that offering these kids in-state rates would take away slots from documented residents aContinue Reading »