The other day I mentioned to a friend that there are more than 200,000 groups on this planet in “environmental and social justice,” which sent the conversation down the rabbit hole about controversies surrounding social justice. I’ve had this happen …
Category: Sustainability
Are You a “Jesus” Christian or a Republican Christian?
As Gandhi said, “I like your Christ, but I really don’t like your Christians; they’re nothing like Christ.”
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Criminal Arguments Should Aim for the Obvious
Apparently, Jerry Blackwell, the prosecutor in the George Floyd murder trial, left jurors with these final words before deliberation began: “The truth of the matter is that the reason (Floyd) is dead is because (his murderer Derek) Chauvin’s heart was …
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Funding Education
Nothing says “we simply don’t care about the future of our kids” any louder than our cutting funding for public education.
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New Jeopardy! Champ Is an Attorney for The Sierra Club
From the Sierra Club: Tune in to Jeopardy tonight to see Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program Staff Attorney Megan Wachspress! Megan is an associate attorney with the Beyond Coal Campaign. Before joining the Sierra Club, Megan worked at a public …
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Jefferson Speaks To Changing Times
Here are a few thoughts from one of our founding fathers, who stood among the most enlightened and intelligent people of the day. It’s hard not to read this and wonder: where along the way did we Americans lose our …
American Education Faces a New Challenge
It’s common for Americans to lament that things like penmanship (cursive) are no longer taught in our schools. I’ve never been too sympathetic here, on the basis that there are only so many minutes in a school day, and everything …
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Why Is There So Little Time Spent on Philosophy in Our Schools?
Translation: • Because philosophy is emancipating • Because philosophy teaches good, and changes students’ lives • Because free thinking is a danger to power • All the above
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I Speak as a Citizen of the World
Here’s the “thought for today” from Wordsmith.org: We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, “I speak as a citizen of the world” without others saying, “God, what a nut.” -Lawrence Lessig, professor and activist (b. …
What Our Colleges Do
From the “Foundation for Individual Rights in Education”: Free speech doesn’t just mean having everyone agree with you and living in an echo chamber. There are lots of things that I don’t agree with, but if someone else believes those …
