Gotham is still standing...

Ayers speaks in New York

The Times reports today that Chicago educator Bill Ayers spoke "without fanfare" at a N.Y.C. symposium on educational justice.

On Sunday, after Mr. Ayers was introduced to an audience of about 50 people who had bought tickets to the event, the moderator, the WNYC radio host Leonard Lopate, asked, “Does this mean I can’t run for president?”

“It means you can win,” Mr. Ayers said in response.

And he called upon educators to establish curriculums that help equip students to be active in society.“In a democracy, we educate for citizenship,” he said. “Not for obedience of authority, but for participation.”

The city is reportedly still standing, in the wake of Bill's talk. The National Guard was NOT mobilized. But the stock market has crashed.