Essays about Texas

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Friday, July 31, 2020

College students, beware: Do your own COVID-19 safety check before moving into a dormitory this fall

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When I was young, I practiced law in Alaska, and many of my clients lived in the Alaska bush--that vast terrain of mountains and tundra that...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Things fall apart: MBA programs are collapsing across the U.S. Don't get buried in the rubble

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COVID-19 is shaking business education to its core, highlighting weaknesses that were already apparent even before the pandemic.  The Wall S...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

It's Awful Quiet Out There in the American Economy: Is It Time for Americans to Circle the Wagons?

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I grew up when western TV series dominated the airwaves: Gunsmoke , Have Gun Will Travel , Bonanza , etc. My childhood was one long cowboy s...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Rubash v. U.S. Department of Education: 60-year-old law-school graduate unable to shed student debt in bankruptcy

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Peter Rubash is a sixty-year-old graduate of Duquesne University School of Law. He practiced law for a time but lost his job and eventually ...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Portland protesters: Are student loans and a crummy job market driving the anger?

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Like many Americans, I have been surprised by the intensity of the Black-Lives-Matter protests that take place nightly in Portland, Oregon...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out." Reflections on Martin Niemöller, who stood up against the Nazis

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First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—      Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade un...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Two Hispanic cops killed while responding to a domestic disturbance in the border town of McAllen, TX: Do Brown lives matter?

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Last Saturday, two police officers were shot and killed in the Texas border town of McAllen. Officers Edelmiro Garza and Ismael Chavez were ...