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Did that headline get your attention? It sure got mine when I first read it on Tuesday in the Chronicle of Higher Education (which was brought to my attention by esteemed colleague Tony Petersen, making me a thief twice in the same column). (more...)

Yesterday, the president of California State University, Fresno took questions before a panel of students in the Peace Garden. (more...)

On Sunday, three local Presbyterian churches completed a split from the nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination. (more...)

The pathetic cycle of national “news” last week centered on two subjects. (more...)

You should know about it by now, and if you don’t then they just might be talking about you. (more...)

If you aren’t aware that certain forms of traditional mass media are being threatened by the internet, then you must be one of the goons we in the field are worried will become oblivious to all local news at the expense of nationalized, marginalized, partisan sources. “What?” In other words, you aren’t paying attention. The fingers and rapid-fire thoughts that lead us to Web sites tend to lead us to obvious ones. CNN.com for news, ESPN.com for sports, YouTube for stupid videos, MSNBC.com and Foxnews.com for partisan BS. (more...)