politics

Edward Bear and Stochastic Terrorism

As America wakes up this Sunday morning it is confronted with the horror of two major acts of domestic terrorism.…

5 years ago

Dem Debates: And the winner is ….

It's hard to cut through the clutter and fog of an overcrowded political field. But Elizabeth Warren did it this…

5 years ago

Let Me Be Clear

We are well into the election season although the actual vote is well over a year away. This time in…

5 years ago

The Pentrich Martyrs and Peterloo

I was intrigued when I discovered that I am distantly related to the last person beheaded in England. The year…

6 years ago

Diversity is Our Strength, Unity is Our Power

One Plays Chess, the Other Checkers Nancy Pelosi does serious politics and toddler management 101. Trump watches Fox.  As everyone…

6 years ago

David Lammy and the Fraud that is Brexit

David Lammy is the Labour MP for Tottenham. He made the speech and took the stand that many of us…

6 years ago

What is the purpose of high school?

Lots of chatter about the fresh faces, diversity and new perspectives of the incoming class in the House of Representatives.…

6 years ago

Brexit, Beowulf and the Bum Trumpet

The day after the Brexit referendum our dear leader - then candidate for the presidency - was on his way…

6 years ago

The United States Welcomes You

We're happier when we chat to strangers, but our instinct is to ignore them https://t.co/ExmL3GSCWw via @researchdigest — Tina Seelig…

6 years ago

Learned Helplessness and the Grief and Rage of Parklands

From the orphans of Flanders to the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School - four photographs with an uncanny…

7 years ago

Let America Be America Again

Langston Hughes wrote this in 1935.  It had meaning and relevance then. It still has. Read it. Let America Be…

7 years ago

Prospective Immigrants Please Note

Immigration. Immigrants. Emigrants. Refugees. Travelers across borders. Changing countries by choice or by necessity of survival. Moving from one state…

7 years ago

Kate Millett, Eng Lit and the The Farm in Poughkeepsie

There are pockets of Poughkeepsie that still have a rural look and feel. Cows graze and the corn is ripe…

7 years ago

Partition

"I was so rushed I had not time to go into the details,"  - Cyril Ratcliffe. The political leaders of…

7 years ago

Home

Home no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when…

7 years ago