someone in the upper echelons of the university’s management was an FBI informer

John Silber

Zinn earned it.

Good morning, pups. It’s The Pasty Little Putz and Prof. Krugman. The Pasty Little Putz is gearing up for 2012 before the 2010 elections. In “On the G.O.P. Precampaign Trail” he tells us that after the midterm election, the struggle for the Republican presidential nomination will move out into open country. But for now, it’s all tactical maneuvering. Prof. Krugman, in “Defining Prosperity Down,” says there is growing evidence that our governing elite just doesn’t care about the prospects of American workers — that a once-unthinkable level of economic distress is in the process of becoming the new normal. No shit…

Here they are.

The coffee and tea are ready, the cold drinks are in the fridge, and the biscuits are out of the oven. I just wish that we were out of the oven, but no such luck. It’s kitteh feeding time, and gearing up for the week time, so I’m off to do that. Have a great day.

I wanna be a political pundit, 1200 words of gibberish a couple times a week for a 6 figure salary.
I could handle that!

It’s a sweet gig, and you can actually get away with 800 words at a clip… Good luck!

morning, still a Heat Wave here, too. I suspect Krugman would like to see a Public Works Administration, too, and it would certainly solve a lot of problems, but with a congress that plugs up even unemployment benefits, I can’t see it happening just yet.

That may be about as close to a no brainer as there is.

Zinn’s account in People’s History of how the Indians of Florida were force-marched out of their territory until they all died is unforgettable.

But some of them made it to Texas.

Here’s another vote for Silber or one of his lackeys. Chris Hedges posted a recap of Zinn and the footpads on Truthdig you might check out.

People’s History should be required reading in every High School American History class, rather than the pap which they have perennially palmed off as textbooks. But that would come perilously close to actually educating the citizenry, I suppose.

I have given away innumerable copies of that book, it was one my favorite American History texts. I have given up and now keep a case of soft covers on hand…

Of course, our much loved Texas SBOE would totally lose it at the mere thought of the evil Socialist Zinn’s writings being taught to impressionable young minds in the “Great State” of Texas!

It’s more important to teach the myths rather than the reality. Must keep the public compliant.

Ever wonder why the grade-school histories of Helen Keller stopped abruptly at age 20 – even though she lived for six decades afterwards?

It’s because she became a hardcore Socialist. She at first thought that anyone could do what she did; it was only after being out in the world that she realized that she was lucky enough to be the daughter of a very rich man who was the mayor of the town where she lived, and that the vast majority of deaf and blind kids didn’t have that luxury. She gradually came to see Socialism as the only way to ensure that all deaf and blind children had the same chances she did.

From Inside Higher Ed:

FBI Admits It Tracked Howard Zinn

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday admitted that it tracked Howard Zinn, the noted historian and political activist who died in January, from 1949 to 1974, and the bureau released 423 pages of records from the monitoring of Zinn. Salon noted that this monitoring took place “despite having apparently no evidence that he ever committed a crime.” And TPM noted that the records indicate that a senior official at Boston University, where Zinn taught, tried to have him fired in 1970. (If you are wondering if that official might have been John Silber, the long-time BU president with whom Zinn had many disagreements, it wasn’t, as Silber hadn’t been hired at the time.)

It’s not easy being a total asshole, but America is unsurpassed in that department bar none.

@nomolos – My first thought was Silber as well, but if Silber wanted him gone, he could pretty much have had him gone any time in the early 70s. Silber was a knee-jerk autocrat, and wasn’t shy about getting rid of anyone he didn’t like. He wouldn’t have had to resort to the FBI.
@michealfishman – My time on Bay State Road didn’t start until ’71, and I didn’t realize Silber was a newcomer then.