Since the last time I posted here:

• In February of 2014, I was laid off at the job I happily worked at for 17 1/2 years, as a lawyer librarian.
• I'm now working as an adjunct professor, at a couple different universities.
• I'm working harder than ever, using more of my education than ever before, and getting paid _considerably_ less.
• That said, in spite ( Read more... )

.... I'm checkin' in to see see whether LiveJournal is still a _thing_.

I'm still posting, actively, on Facebook and, now, on Ello.

Y'all can find me at:

https://www.facebook.com/lorin.geitner

and,

https://ello.co/geitner

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I've heard that a lot of people have been migrating back to LJ, in the wake of all the nonsense with the "timeline" on Facebook.

Is that true?  Should I start posting here, again, more frequently?

If you are still using LJ regularly, or have returned after using Facebook primarily, for a while, make a comment on this post.

If I get any significant ( Read more... )

Isn't the kind of substantive debate described here the kind of thing that should be standard for Congress:  opposing viewpoints finding common ground in order to make a *difference*?
What does it say that these two populist movements are engaging in this kind of *adult* discussion; and that Congress seems to wrapped up in partisan bickering and ( Read more... )

Key Quote:  "To stabilize market-oriented economies requires a return to the right balance between markets and provision of public goods. That means moving away from both the Anglo-Saxon model of unregulated markets and the continental European model of deficit-driven welfare states. ...

Any economic model that does not properly address inequality ( Read more... )

Key Quotes:

Look, you’re a tough kid.  And you have a right to be proud of that.  But not everybody is as tough as you, or as strong, or as young.  Does pride in what you’ve accomplish mean that you have contempt for anybody who can’t keep up with you?
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We can have a reasonable standard for what level of work qualifies you for the American Dream, ( Read more... )

An interesting, but, I suspect, reductive take on the cause of our current economic calamity.

A law student, doing a "scavenger hunt" research assignment, meant to familiarize her with the library, just asked for my name and my home town. Its one of the questions on the assignment, and meant to ensure that the student has spoken with a reference librarian.

I had to tell her, "I don't think I have a home town any more".

Its true: I grew up in ( Read more... )

Key Quote:  " Republicans set the nation's budget on track to flip from surplus to deficit by passing a giant tax cut and hiding the fiscal implications. Then, in 2011-after forcing an extension of that same tax cut-Republicans were shocked, shocked to discover the ballooning deficit and demanded immediate, drastic spending reductions."

The Job ( Read more... )