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Ending Violence in Schools
This one hit closer to home. Our daughter teaches in a public high school in the same school district, not far from Parkland, Florida. The shooter once attended her school, but she didn’t know of him. Tragically, she knew and … Continue reading
The Ends Don’t Justify the Means.
It’s a simple idea and it’s been with me all my life. I’m not sure when I first heard it. It was before I understood its profound meaning. My parents and grandparents repeated it often to me and my sisters … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Musings, Politics
Tagged ends don't justify means, Inauguration, Milo Yiannopoulos, Protests, riots, women's march
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National Popular Vote: Profoundly Meaningless!
The Sunday morning news shows offered some much-needed amusement following the thorough elephant stomping my beloved Gators suffered in the SEC Championship game Saturday afternoon. At least it was expected this year. For some deeply psychological reasons, that made it … Continue reading
Burdened by Dogma
As a science educator, I began every course trying to help my students understand this human endeavor we call science. Most beginning college students come to class with an idea about science, a belief. For sure, different students embrace different … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Behavior, Politics
Tagged Denier, Dogma, Science is Settled
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Choosing a President: Reconsidered
Exactly one year ago, I wrote about choosing a president for our country. In that piece, I described seven personal qualities of an effective president with the most important being Integrity followed by wisdom, principles, compassion, courage, eloquence, and humility. … Continue reading
North to Alaska and Earth’s Wild Journey Through Space and Time
The always effervescent one and I just returned from a memorable trip to Alaska via British Columbia and the Inside Passage. We traveled by plane, train, and automobile, but also by cruise ship, over a period of 19 days seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Human Behavior, Media, Musings, Politics
Tagged Alarmism, Alaska, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, confirmation bias, Glaciers, global warming, Media Bias
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The Greatest Crisis Facing Humankind?
In less than two weeks 40,000 alarmed world leaders, scientists, journalists, and apprehensive observers gather in Paris to deal with the greatest crisis facing humankind, perhaps the most significant challenge since the dawn of civilization some ten millennia in our … Continue reading
Assessing the Presidential Debates, and the Candidates
Each of us forms our own notions about these Democrat and Republican presidential debates. Frankly, I don’t spend any time thinking about which debate, CNN, CNBC, FBN, FOX, or others to come, is best. That is a subjective question that … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Politics
Tagged 93 percent of journalists, Chris Cillizza, CNBC, CNN, confirmation bias, Debates, Elections, FBN, FOX, Presidential Debates, Washington Post, Washington Times
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