Chris Blankenship

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

It was never about “freedom.” It was always about who was in control.

Washington Post fires their last remaining Black opinion writer @karenattiah.bsky.social over the most benign comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder...

Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed.

Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.

The New York Times CONTINUES to release piece after piece spreading disinformation on trans care and dancing on the graves of trans youth in the wake of the SCOTUS decision.

Just brought to my attention, from their morning newsletter. Disgusting.

This isn't even their big hit piece today.

How I Lost Faith in My University’s Mission (opinion) Cynthia Stark explains why she is no longer proud to teach at the University of Utah.

Opinion | How I Lost Faith in My University’s Mission

Cynthia Stark explains why she is no longer proud to teach at the University of Utah. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4moJBDH

Texas Bans Being Different Around Children

Texas Bans Being Different Around Children
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Why First-Year Comp Classes Give Me Hope (opinion) Imagine the kinds of critical thinkers we could graduate if we put expository writing courses at the center of the curriculum, Deborah Lindsay Williams writes.

Opinion | Why First-Year Comp Classes Give Me Hope

Imagine the kinds of critical thinkers we could graduate if we put expository writing courses at the center of the curriculum, Deborah Lindsay Williams writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4m1FH3n

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Harvard University rejects Trump administration demands to change policies The university notified the administration that it will not comply with the list of demands, putting $9B at risk.

Harvard rejected the Trump administration's demands to change its policies to keep billions in federal grants.

Its president said the demands are unnecessary and infringe on free speech rights.

The Challenges Aren’t the Obvious Ones The challenges aren’t the obvious ones—they’re subtler, more pervasive and ultimately more corrosive.

I typically agree with Mintz, but the snide tone of "freshman composition has been largely outsourced to community colleges" just bothers me. If TT faculty had prioritized it over their pet courses instead of leaving it to contingent labor, you'd still have it. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

I swear. Writing is the only discipline where we make people feel like failures for practising. How many songs does a violinist learn that never wind up in recital? How many studies do painters do? Acting exercises. Tennis for fun.

You're allowed to write without the intention of publishing.

Make this go viral!

Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.

The importance of being litigious Lawsuits matter — even when they might not "win." Also: Explaining SCOTUS's Friday evening ruling about the Office of Special Counsel. And: Other SCOTUS decisions.

In case you missed it over the weekend, I wrote about the importance of litigation challenging the Trump administration.

"Forcing the administration to defend its actions, on the record and in public, is important."

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WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

From two private research universities, the schools most insulated from both state and federal changes. Maybe they can stay politically neutral when their students don't depend on Pell grants and other social programs, but my community college students need us to take a stand for them.

Loss of collective bargaining for teachers and firefighters, removal of DEI programming, tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of education, micromanaging higher ed instructional program budgets, trans student dorm bill, and so many others. Did you talk to anyone from this state?

My God, @politico.com. This is beyond embarrassing.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

People on X are calling for AOC's arrest for posting this.... so I am posting it everywhere!

"Musk isn't going to obey the law, so who cares."

"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."

"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."

I'm blocking these people on sight now.

Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.

Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.

Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.