Costco etc.
WHY IS COSTCO GOOD AND WALMART BAD? WHY IS BEN & JERRY’S GOOD AND McDONALD’S BAD? These are among the critically important philosophical questions of our times. Costco and WalMart On my semi-annual shopping trip to the nearby WalMart, I see ethnic diversity that is only matched by the rush hour crowds in a Port […]
The SAT
When I asked the graduate school student in Urban Education whether her distaste toward standardized tests extended to those given pilots or plumbers, she immediately switched gears to talk about poverty. I did not ask her whether we should water down education standards until poverty is resolved. Despite the publicity when well-known colleges announce with […]