Today I experienced the best and the worst of Ohio University. First the best: being inducted as an emerita associate professor – then listening to William Beale, founder of Sunpower and former teacher of Engineering at OU.

This is an outrage, and it must not stand. It's always a little dangerous for a writer to go up against his editor, but sometimes it must be done, and it looks as if I must be the one to do it.

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Veterans of the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are now challenging the occupation of Chicago. This week, NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is holding the largest meeting in its 63-year history there.

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