Friday morning links
Fastest-dying cities meet for a chat. What these folks do not get is that government policies (with the assistance of unions) chased the people and the jobs away from these once-prosperous and happy cities.Sociologists upset that Obama isn't using them more. They are useful: they are able to g ...

Journeying through Rice Country
We decided to make a holiday of dropping A off at his college where he begins a new chapter in his life. I put in extra hours at work squeezed in that second visit to Calcutta (and stayed away from the blog!) and we were all set.But let me start at the very beginning… because there is food th ...


What Teachers (and Students) Should Know About Facebook Privacy Settings
Did you know that a Google search can pull up photos you post to Facebook? Did you know that college admissions offices are now using services like Pipl to see what potential candidates are posting to social networking sites? Below are links to number of blog posts and websites that go into mor ...

College Admissions
I was a Spanish major in college which for me was the University of Texas in Austin. I don’t recall a great deal of thought going into this decision. I had breezed through three years of high school Spanish and when it came time to select a major Spanish seemed like an option that wouldn’t ...

Thurs morning/Weds evening links
Getting dates: What's your FICO score?College admissions officers emote. What a horrible job they have: all those snot-nosed kids putting their egos on the line.Powerline gets rough on Harold Koh: Curtailing our representative democracy. Yes this is a serious issue.Related from Dick Morris: ...