Jim McLaughlin's Blog

Fake Talk can be defined as any time a person intentionally misrepresents the truth, is unintentionally vague or unclear, when people go along to be agreeable or not rock the boat, and when people are focused on being politically correct rather than discuss and understand the finer nuances of what is going on. When people… Read more

We need to make and express the connections between public goods [noted examples are infrastructure and education] and healthy communities. We need to revive traditional means of funding services and develop new broad-based funding sources that do not damage the economy. Instead of fighting a war on taxes, we need to embrace our responsibility to… Read more

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Except for those directly involved in administering environmentally-oriented activities, consideration of sustainability is unlikely to intersect our professional interests in public administration. The purpose of this short article is to argue that this separation of the concept of sustainability from public administration is no longer appropriate and that the time to enter this concept into… Read more

NYTimes: What It Takes to Make New College Graduates Employable http://nyti.ms/19G8ekR Read more

The Economist | Teaching and technology: E-ducation http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21580142-long-overdue-technological-revolution-last-under-way-e-ducation?frsc=dg%7Cd via @theeconomist Read more