college loan debt – Chris Powell column

Yale’s new mission statement may be a little too pedestrian

By CHRIS POWELL With the Trump administration beating up on higher education and especially colleges and universities with the biggest endowments, which are now to be brutally taxed by the federal government, Yale University seems to have decided to guard against being seen as pretentious. School finance study committee is rigged in favor of educatorsContinue reading “Yale’s new mission statement may be a little too pedestrian”

Republicans fake a mandate and Murphy fakes concern

By Chris Powell Having won the presidency, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, Republicans think they have a great mandate to remake the federal government. While there is indeed much to remake, the election’s vote totals, while shocking to many, don’t show anything close to a mandate. When all votes are counted Donald TrumpContinue reading “Republicans fake a mandate and Murphy fakes concern”