The Chronicle of Higher Education’s March edition includes an expose into how Essay Mills work and their impact on college life. For those who do not know, essay mills are companies that write original essays on demand for students. They are different from companies that…

On February 10th, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gave an interview where he began to lay out some of the Obama Administrations plan to help fix the economy. He said that the Treasury would create a website called FinancialStability.gov to…

I just finished reading Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Life in LA by Luis Rodriguez. It is a memoir that Rodriguez started when he was 16 and is about his life growing up as a member in one of the most vicious gangs in LA. It is a window into a life that I am very glad that I…

I’ve written about Michael Lewis’ take on the Wall Street’s meltdown in my post “The Financial Crisis Explained.” He is one of my favorite commentators and is able to take complex issues and write about them in a way that is comprehensible to the average person.