http://www.stormcoming.org Relatively Harmless Little Dystopian Rantings Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:40:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Thursday Paula Treichler's piece "Antioch: Report From Ground Zero" appeared on Inside Higher Ed. I'm not going to cover piece by piece every last bit of coverage, relating to the meticulous obliteration of Antioch College, but articles such as Treichler's are important, in that they come from a ... http://www.stormcoming.org/2008/07/12/more-vital-readings-relating-to-the-murder-of-antioch-college/ (A picture of "Hassle Castle.") By way of my title, I am referring of course to Antioch College, and Horace Mann, the abolitionist, visionary educator, and social reformer; Antioch's first President. Mann was a champion of public education. He believed that in a democratic society, education should be tuition free and universal, ... http://www.stormcoming.org/2008/07/01/they-murdered-our-college-mann/ (An older introduction, originally written over a year ago, Feb 14th '07 to be exact, for this page before changing it over to a blog format.) *** This is how I learned that America, while beautiful, is in profound ways deeply broken. Miles, lots of miles, overland; so naturally, an American byway I've ... http://www.stormcoming.org/2008/05/25/the-road-an-introduction-of-sorts/