Friday, February 24, 2017

Democracy being legislated out of existence?

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Recently, GOP lawmakers around the nation are introducing legislation to make many sorts of protest illegal. I have news for these lawmake...
Monday, January 30, 2017

My perspective about the poltical situation - 30 Jan 2017

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A friend has asked me to compare what we're going through now to other political crises you've experienced in the US .  An interesti...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

A mythical narrative - rejected

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When I was a boy living with my loving, caring parents, I was introduced to a mythical narrative.  A religious narrative.  This story never ...
Sunday, December 11, 2016

Student loans, universities, and big business

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Some recent FB posts have stimulated this blog.  From where I sit, student loan programs have evolved from marginally affordable low-inte...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

PhDs as a ticket for admin?

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Vickie and I were discussing this topic on our western trip and it triggered a lot of memories about my experiences with the educational sys...
Sunday, October 9, 2016

The will of the majority

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A discussion on Facebook has stimulated this blog - the discussion ensued after I posted this old George Carlin video .  It seems pretty pre...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Thoughts on "reverse racism"

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NOTE   These comments are from two postings I made on Facebook.  I'm combining them here as a single blog, with a few minor modification...
Sunday, September 4, 2016

The Noah's Ark story - Is it history?

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Let me be perfectly clear:  I consider the biblical story of Noah's Ark (like many biblical narratives) to be, at most, a human creation...
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Sunday, August 28, 2016

Right or Wrong? - Colin Kaepernick not standing for the anthem

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Well, that exploded quickly into a shitstorm, didn't it?  Many, if not most, comments I've seen in social media have interpreted CK...
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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Thoughts on prejudice, tribalism, and racism

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Looking back at the experiences of my 70+ years, one theme seems to come up again and again:  the people I have known stubbornly resist conf...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

Free speech and political correctness

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Given the nature of the statements coming from Donald Trump and his myrmidons of late, the whole issue of "political correctness" ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

On disagreement's role in science

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Some discussion has arisen about whether or not meteorologists who are not climate scientists can contribute to the discussion regarding glo...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Thoughts after Orlando

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I'm going to weigh in on this one, although the facts are not yet all in.  I'm willing to do this because I'm not actually drawi...
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Monday, June 6, 2016

Thoughts on decision-making in the face of uncertainty

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Many people struggle with the notion that weather forecasts are uncertain .  They have to make binary decisions in the course of their lives...
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