A reader sent me this piece, a statement by a police chief: It’s not the police who need to be retrained, it’s the public. We have grown into a mouthy, mobile phone wielding, vulgar, uncivil society with no personal responsibility …
Category: Sustainability
Here’s Why Banning Books Won’t Work
In my piece Accessing Banned Books — Now!, I noted that sales of banned books are going through the roof. At left we see a related phenomenon–book clubs. As they say, there is no more effective way to create demand …
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The Continuity of American Racism
I agree that there is an “unbroken thread.” While we’ll never know, I theorize that we were just about to break that thread until social media came along. If white supremacists had not been able to connect with one another …
Banning Critical Race Theory Is More Serious Than One Might Think
Until I listened to Terry Gross’s interview with researcher Jeffrey Sachs (pictured), I thought the war against Critical Race Theory was simply a windmill that the far right could tilt its jousting stick at. Wrong. I learned that, “across the …
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Accessing Banned Books — Now!
What a brilliant man, and a true humanitarian. Whether it’s borrowing or actually buying banned books, there is an abundance of evidence that what Stephen King recommends here is actually happening. Sales of these items are going through the roof.
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How Self-Reliant Do I Really Need To Be?
I love the ads for survival guides that claim: “They don’t teach this in our schools because they don’t want us to be self-reliant.” Really? Who’s “they?” Does anyone really want to prevent you from starting a fire without a …
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Don’t Join the Book Burners
The banning of “controversial” books from our schools’ curricula is a horrific development in American education–as if we needed yet one more. As suggested here, intelligent and honest people don’t believe there is gain to be made from keeping big, …
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The Banning of Books Is Terrifying
Here’s another thing of beauty from Ken Burns, a man with an unsurpassed understanding of world history. Doesn’t the banning of books scare the hell out of anyone who might have read Fahrenheit 451 or 1984? If left to its …
Republican Agenda of Hate and Suppression
Here’s a meme that, IMO, accurately depicts the GOP platform. The beauty here, is that if you can keep ’em poor, sick and stupid, you can do whatever else you might like, e.g., repeal regulations that protect the environment. Stressed …
Incredibly, Active Shooter Drills Are Our Most Potent Weapon Against Gun Violence
I’m glad people like Rep. Pramila Jayapal haven’t given up on gun reform. FWIW, I have to admit that I have. American lawmakers are terrified of the gun lobby. The pressure it exerts on these slimy cowards is sufficient to …
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