How I've Come to Enjoy Writing for The Forum

After I stepped down as editor of The Claremont Independent, I've started writing for The Forum lately and God help me, I actually enjoy it. (And just so we're clear, I still believe that it should have its subsidy revoked, even though it now cuts my checks.)

You might remember my disagreements with its thankfully gone editor-in-chief over issues of censorship, but it's new editor, Abhi Nemani, runs a tight ship and he's given me the ability to write articles I never would have otherwise written. Abhi is a fair and gracious editor. I overlook some of his nutty politics and consider him the sharpest liberal on campus.

I'm going to be using my time as a blogger for The Forum to probe deeply into some ideas I have for reform at Claremont McKenna and the Claremont Colleges. So far, I'm really pleased with some of the conversations that have come up as a result. Here are the posts I've written thus far:

• "Dealing with the Deficit" about how CMC should rethink financial aid to consider us more stock issuing corporations than bond issuing ones.
• "Ebaying CMC" about how auction markets can be used to make the school more efficient with housing, courses.
• "Like it in the Ath" more, about various ideas I have for reforming the Athenaeum. My favorite of these ideas is to have the Ath videos be accessible on YouTube.

Please check them out and tell me what you think.