The first principle of the American creed is that world is redeemable. We believe that we are exempt from the constraints of the human condition. I disagree. As Albert Camus suggests: We are Sisyphus.
A successful public workplace needs both an inspirational mission and a corresponding ethos that encourages both managers and employees to walk the walk.
I drove home for three hours, luxuriating in my classmates’ welcoming balm that heals the soul. Only then did I fully understand what a festering emotional wound my 50-year estrangement had been.
These riots are the visceral voices of a long-silenced people. You can’t solve a problem until the majority population and public officials recognize what the problem is — and it ain’t rioting.
While the chancellor and trustees would deny it, they seem to view MnSCU students as little more than merchandise, mass-produced to fill orders for its business customers.
