I have watched many nasty things happen in higher education over the last forty years. Too often these bad things happen to good people. Obviously, critical pedagogy stands for social justice as well as scholarship and teaching that uncover the insidious machinations of race, class, gender, sexual, religious, colonial, and other power blocs. However, one dimension of critical pedagogy that often goes un-discussed and un-analyzed involves the ways we live our roles as educators in everyday circumstances.

I just hosted a Barack Obama party at my home. In Indiana we vote on May 6th and for once what Indiana votes is actually going to count!! We are finally important:-) Well, my friends came over--we drank--we ate--and we watched a Barack documentary and the entire time I felt good.

Yes we can but what about the system?

The US electoral campaign is now in full swing, or, rather, has been hitting a fever-pitch for about the last 18 months. It will surely culminate at some point. And then it will re-start with those who lost trying to get a foot-hold on new investors in their campaign. It almost seems anti-climatic to select someone—a simple individual—after such a prolonged infomercial.