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  • When Charter School Authorities And Liberal Institutions Abandon People

    When Charter School Authorities And Liberal Institutions Abandon People

    Sadly, the tragic journey of Buffalo’s first charter school, the King Center Charter School (KCCS), is not an isolated one. Nationwide, far too many charter schools—old and new—experience death by a thousand cuts, usually at the hands of their private operators, charter school authorizers, and the institutions that are supposed to protect them. Buffalo’s King […]

  • Florida’s Charter Schools Lower State’s 2024-25 Graduation Rate

    Florida’s Charter Schools Lower State’s 2024-25 Graduation Rate

    While corruption is endemic to the decades-old charter school sector, it is extra rampant in Florida’s charter schools. To add insult to injury, Florida also has the nation’s second highest charter school failure and closure rate. No amount of “school choice” rhetoric in Florida has improved this record. School privatization is notorious for lowering the […]

  • In the Wake of the Epstein Files Release, Remember that Abuse Is Everywhere

    When I first came to Japan in 1989, a few Japanese actually told me that there was no child abuse in Japan. That shows that there was little consciousness of this social problem in those days. But I would guess that most people in the U.S. and Japan, of my generation at least, have been […]

  • Nicaragua’s Economy “Weathers Multiple Shocks” Including US Attacks

    The International Monetary Fund’s new assessment of Nicaragua’s economy labels it as “strong” no fewer than 56 times. But it also shows how key factors in the country’s growing prosperity – export earnings, trade relations and remittances (money sent by Nicaraguans living abroad) are vulnerable to US attacks. The IMF points out that US sanctions […]

  • Precarious Invitations: Israel’s President Isaac Herzog’s Visit to Australia

    Things are getting rather ropey on the invitation of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia on February 8. It came amidst the anguish following the Bondi Beach attacks of December 14, 2025 on attendees of a Hanukkah event by two gunmen, leaving 15 dead. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese obviously thought it a sensible […]

  • For All of Us to Live Free, Capitalism–Not Just ICE–Must Die

    For All of Us to Live Free, Capitalism–Not Just ICE–Must Die

    “The Dirty Business of MAGA” “The Dirty Business of Tech Fascism” The Dirty Business of Billionaires” “The Dirty Business of Axis of Evil: Israel/USA” “The Dirty Business of ICE’s Slave Patrol Roots” “The Dirty Business of Israelization of the World” The phrase “our American Israel” comes from a Puritan expression of colonial American exceptionalism. In […]

  • Are Judges at the European Court of Human Rights Worse than Terrorists?

    Imagine a train hurtling out of control, its passengers’ lives in peril. One traveler reaches for the emergency brake, only for others to disable it, dooming the locomotive to crash into a crowded town and claim hundreds of lives. What charges would follow? Under European criminal law, culpability hinges on intent, context, and motive—ranging from […]

  • Fastened to a Dying Animal: The Narcissistic Wound of Hobbled Imperium

    Fastened to a Dying Animal: The Narcissistic Wound of Hobbled Imperium

    A fading empire, like a wounded narcissist facing decline, is a dangerous animal. “…fastened to a dying animal It knows not what it is; and gather me Into the artifice of eternity.” The things of the world that a narcissist cannot exploit, dominate, and control a narcissist will attempt to destroy. Facing collapse from inner […]

  • The Netherlands, Bonaire, and Climate Change Obligations

    It was another bead in the string of jurisprudence and case law in climate litigation. Previous sparkling examples include Urgenda Foundation (2019), KlimaSeniorinnen (2024) and the significant Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice delivered in July 2025. The District Court of The Hague, in its January 28 judgment regarding the effects of climate […]

  • NYS: Why Are Authoritarian Entities Needed to Create Charter Schools if They Are So Popular?

    NYS: Why Are Authoritarian Entities Needed to Create Charter Schools if They Are So Popular?

    The charter school industry has been operating in overdrive for several decades, trying desperately to convince everyone that charter schools are amazing, unassailable, and always in high demand. But if charter schools are marvelous and popular why have charter school promoters spent years using top-down heavy-handed entities comprised of unelected pro-privatization individuals to impose charter […]

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