Monday, August 8, 2016

IVC's Vice President for Instruction, Craig Justice, announces retirement (August 31)

     Craig Justice, long-time Irvine Valley College VPI, sent out an email today announcing his retirement. His last day at the college will be August 30. He explained that his exit at this time will allow him to heal after knee surgery and to spend more time with family. He presented a very positive description of the college and then thanked numerous colleagues, including faculty.

Retirement party: first week of classes, Wednesday

The latest

GOP presidential pick's policy paves way for Wall Street looting of economy.
• Trump's Economic Plan: Light on Details, Heavy on Tax Breaks for the Rich
(Mother Jones)
But it deviates from typical Republican plans in surprising ways.
• 50 Former National Security Officials Denounce Donald Trump
(Truthdig)
Another day, another public rebuke of Donald Trump.
• A Republican Senator Just Announced She Won't Endorse Donald Trump. Here's Why.
(Mother Jones)
     I will not be voting for Donald Trump for president. This is not a decision I make lightly, for I am a lifelong Republican. But Donald Trump does not reflect historical Republican values nor the inclusive approach to governing that is critical to healing the divisions in our country....
• The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
(Truthdig)
by Chris Hedges
     College-educated elites, on behalf of corporations, carried out the savage neoliberal assault on the working poor. Now they are being made to pay. Their duplicity—embodied in politicians such as Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama—succeeded for decades. These elites, many from East Coast Ivy League schools, spoke the language of values—civility, inclusivity, a condemnation of overt racism and bigotry, a concern for the middle class—while thrusting a knife into the back of the underclass for their corporate masters. This game has ended.
. . .
     The Democrats are playing a very dangerous game by anointing Hillary Clinton as their presidential candidate. She epitomizes the double-dealing of the college-educated elites, those who speak the feel-your-pain language of ordinary men and women, who hold up the bible of political correctness, while selling out the poor and the working class to corporate power....

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...