“We have a president who was elected not by popular vote, but by electoral college. And, the history of the electoral college is intimately tied to slavery and slave-owning states and is there in part to give more sway to states that had large populations of slaves who couldn’t vote.”
via What is America Anyway? An Interview with Eula Biss — Discover
The Defamatory Posts And Their Poster A quick Google search suggests that Michael Gale is, “is a professional con-artist, consistently making false representations” and “dishonest, a pathological liar and sociopath” who is “hiding from US, European and Australian authorities who are now desperate to get their hands on him” These claims are accompanied by long…
It seems every decision and interaction is being miniaturized. Each decision is a left or wipe swipe with all or nothing consequences based on scant information and superficial impressions. The most powerful leader in the world is setting policy in 140 characters or less. It’s as if the whole noble human endeavor is now a…
The fake news controversy that arose after the 2016 US Presidential election is the first time the issue of the reliability of news disseminated online has become a mainstream talking point. But the issue has been around for a long time. There has always been a cultural bias in most societies in favor of the…
My friend Michael Messner of Güssing Renewable Energy had a great one liner for me the other day. “If the reason we are building solar and wind energy plants is because we believe the climate is changing and we want to combat that why do we then use historical climate data to pick where we…
Once again we have the horror of a person with problems and issues acting out in a violent manner this time taking the lives of so many young children. Our reaction as humans and as parents in visceral and emotive. The horror is palpable and most humans can instantly relate and imagine with dread how…
Musing about Martin Luther King in the lead up to MLK Day on Monday and thinking about how the actions of a few people standing up against injustice are so inspiring. The Civil Rights Movement in the US resonated around the world and provided so many great images and stories. It was a peaceful movement…
