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November 7, 2013

Surviving the post-employment economy – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

A lawyer. A computer scientist. A military analyst. A teacher. What do these people have in common? They are trained professionals who cannot find full-time jobs. Since 2008, they have been tenuously employed – working one-year contracts, consulting on the… Continue reading

April 9, 2013

Academic funding and the public interest: The death of political science – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

While I am very sure that my style would quickly fall under the rubric of those who try to avoid criticism by a kind of jargony bad writing, I do agree with many points being made here. The… Continue reading

January 5, 2013

Viewpoint: Why Al Jazeera’s Entry into the U.S. Is a Good Thing | TIME.com

If you say, consider the source and their “overlords,” I’ll say, “I will do that with this station just as do with Fox & MSNBC… whose “overlords” have their own biases that they keep shoving down our throats.” I’ve caught… Continue reading