A letter to a young worker

By Nick Capo

Dear young worker: You’re in trouble.Sorry to rain on popular culture’s positive-thinking parade, but reality is composed of facts. Our wealthiest 1 percent already receives about 24 perce

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Guest Opinion | Wednesday, December 22,2010

Steps toward a fear-less nation

By Nick Capo

I recently read In the Combat Zone by Leslie Marmon Silko, a Native American writer and activist. Published in 1995, the essay contains this sentence: “As the U.S. economy continues to ‘do

Guest Opinion | Thursday, November 18,2010

Crisis in college education

By Nick Capo

In early November, I traveled with a colleague from Jacksonville to Mobile, Ala., to present a paper at the National Symposium on Student Retention (NSSR).Mobile is a proud city that has endured cycle

Guest Opinion | Thursday, October 14,2010

China could bring us together

By Nick Capo

Many of our political leaders are acting like children playing with fire. A more incendiary simile might compare them to children playing in a sandbox with no minds focused on the future.Pick your pro

Guest Opinion | Thursday, August 19,2010

Eating Animals goes viral at Illinois College

By Nick Capo

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Eating Animals went viral on the Illinois College campus early in 2010. At least eight faculty members read it, and many others read about it. A Spanish professor pau