Seventy-five years ago, Rachel Carson tried to teach us that the surface waters of the world's oceans link together the life of all parts of the sea. These interlocking relationships are delicately adjusted and not well understood. Too few people take seriously the consequences that might arise
The European Union says it best in their post on Mastodon today. Take a moment to read it and reflect on what they have been going through as they fight off the Russian invasion. Our role is to pressure our elected leaders to given Ukraine the weapons they need and
Emma Goldman hated imbalances in power. She saw that the rich promoted patriotism as a way to get the poor to sacrifice their own children to support the structures that keep them poor. Now we have gone one step further and we are asking those children who are risking their
How long is too long? We always wish those we love a long life, but is there a point were will start to think of death in the way Fredrik Backman wrote about it in A Man Called Ove? Does everyone eventually reach a point at which their "greatest
Nassim Nicholas Taleb tells us that "one should not expect laurels for bringing the truth." However, when you are willing to sacrifice your job because you believe you have a duty to truth and editorial independence, I think we need to give you as much praise and support
I was once very enthusiastic about using new technology in the classroom, but we have definitely passed the point where it is more harmful to students' intellectual development than any benefits it might confer. Joseph Heller was right on the money when he wrote, "A man's
I love this quote by Ben Franklin and how it foreshadowed that our modern understanding of the structure of the universe at the smallest scale would come from studying the stars. I can only imagine how excited Franklin would be to live in a time where we had a fleet
Seeing a long-shot candidate like Angie Nixon win the Democratic Primary and have the opportunity to take the Senate seat that belonged to Marco Rubio reminds me of this quote by Angela Y Davis. Angie Nixon's victory is the result of hard, grassroots work by thousands of
Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer is often right on the mark, but his column in today's paper requires special attention. He reminds us that even though there are so many other issues we are focusing on, we can't allow ourselves to become numb to what
I return again the tragic death of Jason Arday and the hate machine that brought him to despair. Mark Twain once wrote about the suffering a person experiences when they are pilloried in print for the first time, but that is nothing compared to what a person now feels when
W.E.B DuBois rightly reminds us that when something bad is done by a Black person, "righteousness of the indignation sweeps the world". As Jason Arday's family tells us, since he accepted the role of professor at Cambridge, there were many who would leave no
Last year when I reread Pudd'nhead Wilson, I marked off this quote in case this moment ever arrived. I didn't think I would ever use it, for I thought that he was going to try his luck with a jury. It shows how little I know.