Essays about Texas

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Saturday, July 31, 2021

Newsweek reports: Parent Plus Loans 'Are Fraught with Peril'

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  Years ago, I was strolling along a lakeside hiking trail in a Dallas-area park. As I was walking across a wooden bridge, I looked down to ...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Do you feel the love? Universities pay off student debts with your money

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 I bought a Subaru in 2019, and the company promised to make a $250 donation to one of four Subaru-selected charities.  Subaru calls this p...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Jornada del Muerto: People who take out student loans but don't graduate are on "the route of the dead man"

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  Jornada del Muerto  is a hundred-mile stretch of the  Camino Real , which once ran from Mexico City to the northernmost outpost  of the Sp...
Monday, July 26, 2021

In re Standish: Should you be required to use your inheritance to pay off student debt?

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 Martha Standish took out student loans when she was in her late 40s to get an undergraduate degree in accounting. Later she took out a Pare...
Sunday, July 11, 2021

"Can too many brainy people be a dangerous thing?" Overproduction of graduate degrees may lead to political instability

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  Peter Turchin wrote an essay for Nature magazine, in which he predicted growing instability for the United States and Europe.  Why? Turch...
Saturday, July 10, 2021

The Ivy League's Biggest Scam: Expensive Graduate Degrees That Don't Pay Off

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 If you are thinking about enrolling in a pricey Ivy League graduate program, read a recent Wall Street Journal  article titled "'F...
Thursday, July 8, 2021

12-foot long python escapes into a Baton Rouge shopping mall: What the hell are we doing?

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 A 12-foot long python escaped from the Blue Zoo Aquarium in Baton Rouge a few days ago, and the Fire Department began looking for it in the...