Not sure to whom to attribute this little gem, but it speaks loudly, doesn’t it? Especially given the context of the Big Lie of 2021? Arguably the highest profile attorney in the United States, Rudy Giuliani, was suspended from practicing …
Category: Sustainability
Music in Education
Here’s something you probably wouldn’t find in the United States: a musical exercise at a high school in France that not only teaches kids the theory behind beat and meter associated with what is arguably the world’s most beloved piece …
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Trumpers Who Attempted Murder Being….Sued?
From this: The “Trump Train” vigilantes who endangered a Biden campaign bus in Texas last fall are going to have to answer for their actions in court. A White House staffer, a former Texas state representative and two Biden campaign …
Tagged with: Trumpers Who Attempted
Televangelist Jim Bakker Sold Viewers a Fake COVID-19 Cure, Ordered To Pay
From MSN: A Missouri court has ordered televangelist Jim Bakker and his church to pay $156,000 after viewers purchased a fake COVID-19 cure during the pandemic. The settlement, announced by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, bans Bakker from advertising or …
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Freedom and Education
Here’s an idea that’s been around at least since the ancient Greeks. If you’re looking for the reason that Donald Trump came to power, and then hired Betsy DeVos to ruin public education, you need not go any further. American …
Encouraging People To Vote? No Way.
This will never happen in the United States, for the simple reason that most people want things from their government, like infrastructure, environmental protection, quality education, programs that effectively support and uplift the poor, and universal healthcare. Providing these is …
Tagged with: tax breaks for billionaires
Faith and Reason
From the Writer’s Almanac: Today is the birthday of mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal. He was a child prodigy and by the time he was 19 he had already perfected the first mechanical calculator for sale to the public. In …
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Living Like Brothers and Sisters
Unfortunately, what MLK says here is 100% correct, and turning this around will be a monumental task. A few data points: • There are more than 200 sovereign countries on Earth. Each either has its own military, or maintains an …
Republicans Need To Offer Americans Real Value, and That’s Simply Not Happening
Pardon the profanity here, but this woman makes an excellent point. It’s possible that American voters are starting to see how far to the right the Republican party has squirted over the past few years; perhaps we’ll find out in …
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Inaction and Regret
Abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe left us with this: “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” Of course this applies to our private lives, where we may regret not saying something …
Tagged with: cruelty, environmental decay, indifference to human suffering, racism, rejection of science
